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The Patriarch and the Caliph

An Eighth-Century Dialogue Between Timothy I and Al-Mahdi

  • Hardback
  • 200 pages
  • Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
  • 16.1 x 23.7 x 2.1 cm

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The Patriarch and the Caliph presents the famous "dialogue without resolution" between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and the first Nestorian Patriarch, Timothy I, in Baghdad in 781 CE. The abundance of versions of this intellectually rich debate between adherents of Islam and of Christianity is a testimony to its historic importance. Of particular note is the mutual respect shown between the interlocutors in a period when Islam was the dominant political and intellectual influence in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean worlds. This volume collates an abridged sixteenth-century Arabic version based on Timothy I's Syriac original. Parallel English translations accompany the Arabic. Including annotations, indexes, glossaries, and bibliographies to further assist the reader, The Patriarch and the Caliph reveals important insights into the complex relationship between two historical figures, and through them, two major world religions.
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  • Author

    Timotheus

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Brigham Young University Press

  • Published

    August 2016

  • Edition

    Abridged edition

  • Weight

    477g

  • Page Count

    200

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.7 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780842529891

  • ISBN-10

    0842529896

  • Eden Code

    4451447

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