Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary

John's First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches

Stephen J. Davis, T.C. Schmidt, Shawqi Talia (Herausgeber)

Būlus Al-Būshī, Ibn Kātib Qayṣar (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2019 | New edition
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-8183-1 (ISBN)

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The first publication in a new series—Christian Arabic Texts in Translation, edited by Stephen Davis—this book presents English-language excerpts from thirteenth-century commentaries on the Apocalypse of John by two Egyptian authors, Būlus al-Būshī and Ibn Kātib Qas.ar. Accompanied by scholarly introductions and critical annotations, this edition will provide a valuable entry-point to important but understudied theological work taking place at the at the meeting-points of the medieval Christian and Muslim worlds.

Stephen J. Davis (Edited By) Stephen J. Davis s Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University, and author of Christ Child: Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus (Yale, 2014) and Monasticism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2018). T.C. Schmidt (Edited By) T. C. Schmidt is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and an Adjunct Professor at Fairfield University; his previous publications include the book-length translation Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and "Chronicon" (Gorgias Press 2017). Shawqi Talia (Edited By) Shawqi Talia is lecturer in Semitic Languages, Catholic University of America, and University Teaching Fellow, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Munster, Germany. He has published on Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, Garshuni texts, and Medieval Islamic studies.

Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Editorial Notes and Abbreviations xi
Introduction: Two Arabic Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in Historical and Cultural Context, 1
Stephen J. Davis
1 Būlus al-Būshī on Revelation 1–3: Christology and Christian-Muslim Encounter, 9
Shawqi Talia and Stephen J. Davis
2 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams, 22
Stephen J. Davis
3 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Revelation 1–3: The First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches, 41
T. C. Schmidt, with contributions by Stephen J. Davis
4 Būlus al-Būshī, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 60
Translated by Shawqi Talia; edited by Stephen J. Davis
5 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 86
Translated by Stephen J. Davis and T. C. Schmidt
Works Cited 149
Subject Index 163
Biblical Index 169

Erscheinungsdatum	29.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Christian Arabic Texts in Translation
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	0-8232-8183-3 / 0823281833
ISBN-13	978-0-8232-8183-1 / 9780823281831
Zustand	Neuware