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Story of the Encounter Between Monk Bahīra and Muhammad as It is Recorded in the Syriac Manuscript of Mardin 259/2: The Monk Encounters the Prophet by Abjar Bahkou (April 2017)

Story of the Encounter Between Monk Bahīra and Muhammad as It is Recorded (...)

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The author

Abjar Bahkou is Senior Lecturer of Arabic literature, culture and language at Baylor University. He received his Ph.D. in 2008 in Islamic Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies and his Ph.D. in Education in 1998 from Salesian Pontifical University both in Rome, Italy. He is fluent in Arabic, Syriac (Classical Aramaic), English, Italian, French and Hebrew (Biblical). He is the author of numerous publications on Islamic and Christian studies. One of which is the Christian Legend of Monk Bakira - See more at: http://www.baylorisr.org/scholars/b/abjar-bahkou/#sthash.NWODBVSP.dpuf

Table of contents

Foreword by Joel C. Elowsky
General Introduction

Chapter 1: Commentary on the Text
 Early eastern Christian Reactions to Islam
 The Main purpose of the Story
 Date and Authorship of the Text
 The Christian Story
 Bahīra the Enemy of the Cross
 The Apocalypse of Bahīra
 The Contents of the Encounter
 The Polemical and Religious Context of Bahīra
 The Mardin Manuscript
 Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Syriac Text
English Translation
Bibliography


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