The Theology of 'Ammār al-Basrī: Commending Christianity within Islamic Culture

by Mark Beaumont

ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī (d.c. 850) was the first Christian to write a systematic theology in Arabic, the language of the Muslim rulers of ʿAmmār's Middle East. This study of his two works that were only discovered in the 1970's seeks to analyse the way he defends Christian beliefs from criticism by Muslims over the authenticity of the Gospels, the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the Incarnation, the death of Christ by crucifixion,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463243618
• ISBN13: 9781463243616
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"