The Bible in Arabic

The Scriptures of the 'People of the Book' in the Language of Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID19908191
AuthorsSidney Harrison Griffith
Year2013
Pages255
Publication date2013-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Bible in Arabic (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781400846580
OpenAlexW4233362811
Open LibraryOL28390253M
ISBN9781400846580
LanguageEN
Citations received36

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. The Bible in Arabic offers a new frame of reference for the pivotal place of Arabic Bible translations in the religious and cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions

Arabic · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Arabisch · Bibel · Bibeln · Bible · Bible, versions · Bijbel · Theology, doctrinal · Übersetzung · Versions · Vertalingen

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