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Intertwined Worlds

Medieval Islam and Bible Criticism [Paperback]

by Hava Lazarus-Yafeh

    • Author

      Hava Lazarus-Yafeh

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Princeton University Press

    • Published

      July 2014

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    Exploring the lively polemics among Jews, Christians, and Muslims during the Middle Ages, Hava Lazarus-Yafeh analyzes Muslim critical attitudes toward the Bible, some of which share common features with both pre-Islamic and early modern European Bible criticism. Unlike Jews and Christians, Muslims did not accept the text of the Bible as divine word, believing that it had been tampered with or falsified. This belief, she maintains, led to a critical approach to the Bible, which scrutinized its text as well as its ways of transmission. In their approach Muslim authors drew on pre-Islamic pagan, Gnostic, and other sectarian writings as well as on Rabbinic and Christian sources. Elements of this criticism may have later influenced Western thinkers and helped shape early modern Bible scholarship. Nevertheless, Muslims also took the Bible to predict the coming of Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They seem to have used mainly oral Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible and recorded some lost Jewish interpretations.
    In tracing the connections between pagan, Islamic, and modern Bible criticism, Lazarus-Yafeh demonstrates the importance of Muslim mediation between the ancient world and Europe in a hitherto unknown field. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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    • Author

      Hava Lazarus-Yafeh

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Princeton University Press

    • Published

      July 2014

    • Weight

      277g

    • Page Count

      196

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 11 mm

    • ISBN

      9780691607054

    • ISBN-10

      0691607052

    • Eden Code

      4294787

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    • Author/Creator: Hava Lazarus-Yafeh

    • ISBN: 9780691607054

    • Publisher: Princeton University Press

    • Release Date: July 2014

    • Weight: 277g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 11 mm

    • Eden Code: 4294787


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