Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms
A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah's Theology in Its Islamic Context
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 2015
XIV, 466 pages
978-1-61451-396-4 (ISBN)
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This volume presents Theodore Abu Qurrah's apologetic Christian theology in dialogue with Islam. It explores the question of whether, in his attempt to convey orthodoxy in Arabic to the Muslim reader, Abu Qurrah diverged from creedal, doctrinal Christian theology and compromised its core content. A comprehensive study of the theology of Abu Qurrah and its relation to Islamic and pre-Islamic orthodox Melkite thought has not yet been pursued in modern scholarship. Awad addresses this gap in scholarship by offering a thorough analytic hermeneutics of Abu Qurrah's apologetic thought, with specific attention to his theological thought on the Trinity and Christology. This study takes scholarship beyond attempts at editing and translating Abu Qurrah's texts and offers scholars, students, and lay readers in the fields of Arabic Christianity, Byzantine theology, Christian-Muslim dialogues, and historical theology an unprecedented scientific study of Abu Qurrah's theological mind.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. On Theodore Abu Qurrah, the Melkite Bishop of ?arran
- II. Abu Qurrah in this Study: Going beyond Mere Apologetics
- III. Outline of the Volume and Abu Qurrah's Works
- Part One: The Historical and Religious Settings
- Chapter One. "If Indeed They Were Known At All": Christians' Attitudes towards Islam
- I. The Dawn of the Arabs' 'Invasion' in the Eyes of Christians
- II. Between Social and Cultural Appraisal and Simply Seeking to Survive
- III. From Social Indifference to Apologetic Reaction
- IV. Conclusion
- Chapter Two. Abu Qurrah and the Christian Apologetics of the Melkite Church
- I. From Emperor to Caliph: The End of Christian Triumphalism
- II. The Christian Response to Islam and the Beginning of Apologetics
- III. The Melkite Church in the Land of Islam: The Birth of Arabic Theology
- IV. Theodore Abu Qurrah as an Apologetic Mutakallim: Remarks on Style
- V. Towards a 'Positive' Orthodox Apologetic: On Being a Mutakallim after Abu Qurrah
- Part Two: The Dogmatic Framework of Abu Qurrah's Orthodoxy
- Chapter Three. From Nicene Trinitarian Trends to Chalcedonian Christological Terminology
- I. Introduction
- II. On Hypostasis in Greek Trinitarian Terminology
- III. On Qnoma in Syriac Trinitarian Terminology
- IV. Using Trinitarian Ontology in Re-reading Christological Terminology
- V. Conclusion
- Chapter Four. Theodore Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology, or Orthodoxy in Dialogue with Muslim Monotheism
- I. Introduction
- II. AbuQurrah's Trinitarian Theology in al-Mujadalah
- A. On Shirk and the Allegory of 'Intellect'
- B. When Oneness Prevails over Trinitarian Unity
- III. Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology in His Maymar on the Trinity
- A. The Theological Argument of the Maymar
- B. Some Remarks on the Trinitarian Terminology
- IV. AbuQurrah and the Melkites' Trinitarian Legacy
- A. John of Damascus and the Trinity
- B. Maximus the Confessor and the Trinity
- C. Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology: Confession or Innovation?
- V. Conclusion
- Chapter Five. Theodore Abu Qurrah's Christological Discourse and the Muslims' Jesus
- I. When 'Jesus the Son of God' and 'Isa Ibn Maryam' Collided
- II. On Jesus as Kalimat Allah' and Ru? Minhu
- A. On Using the Terms 'God's Word' and 'Spirit' in Christian and Muslim Kalam
- B. Abu Qurrah's Use of 'God's Word' and 'Spirit' in al-Mujadalah and Other Maymars
- III. Jesus' Divine Sonship and the Muslim God, Who 'Lam Yalid Wa-Lam Yulad'
- A. God's Taking a Child unto Himself in the Qur'an and Kalam
- B. Abu Qurrah's Defense of Jesus' Divine Sonship before the Muslims
- IV. The Incarnation in Abu Qurrah's Christology
- A. The Incarnation between Tajassud/Ta?nnus and ?ulul
- B. On the Incarnation as Hulul in Abu Qurrah's Apologies
- V. Abu Qurrah and Melkite/Chalcedonian Christological Orthodoxy
- A. Some Christological Views from John of Damascus
- B. Some Christological Views from Maximus the Confessor
- C.Abu Qurrah's Christology and the Melkite Tradition: Concurrence or Divergence?
- VI. Conclusion
- Concluding Postscript. Theodore Abu Qurrah: A Melkite Orthodox Mutakallim in Dar al-Islam
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
