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The Bible in Arabic: The Scriptures of the People of the Book in the Language of Islam

The Bible in Arabic: The Scriptures of the People of the Book in the Language of Islam

Griffith, Sidney H.

Paperback

Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern, Book 48

Religion General IslamJudaism

ISBN10: 0691168083
ISBN13: 9780691168081
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Oct 27 2015
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of Jews and Christians in Arabic-speaking lands.

In pre-Islamic times, Jewish and Christian scriptures circulated orally in the Arabic-speaking milieu. After the rise of Islam--and the Qur'an's appearance as a scripture in its own right--Jews and Christians translated the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament into Arabic for their own use and as a response to the Qur'an's retelling of Biblical narratives. From the ninth century onward, a steady stream of Jewish and Christian translations of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament crossed communal borders to influence the Islamic world.


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