This book describes how Syriac Christians reshaped Muslim accounts of the rise of Islam in apocalyptic terms and with counterhistorical methods, as well as how Muslims defined Muhammad's prophethood over and against Christianity. Parts of the book are dedicated to apocalyptic prophecies in the early Abbasid period.

The Legend of Sergius Bahīrā: Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in response to Islam / Roggema B.. - STAMPA. - (2009), pp. 1-592. [10.1163/ej.9789004167308.i-580]

The Legend of Sergius Bahīrā: Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in response to Islam

Roggema B.
2009

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This book describes how Syriac Christians reshaped Muslim accounts of the rise of Islam in apocalyptic terms and with counterhistorical methods, as well as how Muslims defined Muhammad's prophethood over and against Christianity. Parts of the book are dedicated to apocalyptic prophecies in the early Abbasid period.
2009
9789004167308
9004167307
1
592
Roggema B.
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