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Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible
From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm
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Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible deals with the way in which Judaism and its holy scriptures were viewed by nine medieval Muslim writers representing different genres of Arabic literature: Ibn Rabban al-ṭabarī, Ibn Qutayba, al-Ya‘qūbī, Abū Ja‘far al-ṭabarī, al-Mas‘ūdī, al-Maqdisī, al-Bāqillānī, al-Bīrūnī and Ibn ḥazm. After an introductory chapter on the reception of Biblical materials in early Islam and a presentation of the authors under review, the book focuses on their knowledge of Judaism and the text of the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently discusses issues frequently debated between Muslims and Jews, namely, the claim that the Torah contains references to Muḥammad, and the assertion that the Torah has been both abrogated and falsified. In the appendix, texts by Ibn Qutayba and al-Maqdisī are offered for the first time in an English translation.
Camilla Adang, Ph.D. (1993) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Nijmegen, is currently a visiting lecturer at Tel Aviv University. She has published several articles on Muslim-Jewish polemics, and a monograph entitled
Islam frente a Judaísmo. La polémica de Ibn ḥazm de Córdoba (
Madrid, 1994).
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The work offers a great deal of important information needed in comparative studies; its three appendixes and superb bibliography enhance its utility as a research tool, making it a must for theological, religious studies, Judaic, and Islamic collections.'
John Renard, Religious Studies Review, 1997.
‘ Adang approaches the subject in a unique way, supplying us with a great deal of very useful, basic material...this work can be recommended as a very worthy and important scholarly contribution’.
William M. Brinner, The Jewish Quarterly Review, 1997.
John Renard, Religious Studies Review, 1997.
‘ Adang approaches the subject in a unique way, supplying us with a great deal of very useful, basic material...this work can be recommended as a very worthy and important scholarly contribution’.
William M. Brinner, The Jewish Quarterly Review, 1997.
All those interested in medieval Islam, medieval Judaica, Muslim-Jewish relations and polemics, and Biblical studies.