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The first publication in a new series-Christian Arabic Texts in Translation, edited by Stephen Davis-this book presents English-language excerpts from thirteenth-century commentaries on the Apocalypse of John by two Egyptian authors, Bulus al-Bushi and Ibn Katib Qas.ar. Accompanied by scholarly introductions and critical annotations, this edition will provide a valuable entry-point to important but understudied theological work taking place at the at the meeting-points of the medieval Christian and Muslim worlds.
List of contents
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Editorial Notes and Abbreviations xi
Introduction: Two Arabic Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in Historical and Cultural Context, 1
Stephen J. Davis
1 B¿lus al-B¿sh¿ on Revelation 1-3: Christology and Christian-Muslim Encounter, 9
Shawqi Talia and Stephen J. Davis
2 Ibn K¿tib Qay¿ar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams, 22
Stephen J. Davis
3 Ibn K¿tib Qay¿ar on Revelation 1-3: The First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches, 41
T. C. Schmidt, with contributions by Stephen J. Davis
4 B¿lus al-B¿sh¿, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1-3, 60
Translated by Shawqi Talia; edited by Stephen J. Davis
5 Ibn K¿tib Qay¿ar, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1-3, 86
Translated by Stephen J. Davis and T. C. Schmidt
Works Cited 149
Subject Index 163
Biblical Index 169
About the author
Stephen J. Davis (Edited By) Stephen J. Davis s Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University, and author of
Christ Child: Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus (Yale, 2014) and
Monasticism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2018).
T.C. Schmidt (Edited By) T. C. Schmidt is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and an Adjunct Professor at Fairfield University; his previous publications include the book-length translation
Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and "Chronicon" (Gorgias Press 2017).
Shawqi Talia (Edited By) Shawqi Talia is lecturer in Semitic Languages, Catholic University of America, and University Teaching Fellow, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Munster, Germany. He has published on Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, Garshuni texts, and Medieval Islamic studies.
