Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary: John's First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches

by Bulus al-Bushi, Stephen J. Davis (Editor), T.C. Schmidt (Editor), Shawqi Talia (Editor), Ibn Katib Qay?ar

Overview

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, Būlus al-Būshī and Ibn Kātib 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823281848
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/08/2019
Series:	Christian Arabic Texts in Translation
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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 Universityand 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 Universityof America, and UniversityTeaching Fellow, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universityof Munster, Germany. He has published on Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, Garshuni texts, and Medieval Islamic studies.

Table 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 Būlus al-Būshī on Revelation 1–3: Christology and Christian-Muslim Encounter, 9
Shawqi Talia and Stephen J. Davis

2 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams, 22
Stephen J. Davis

3 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar 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 Būlus al-Būshī, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 60
Translated by Shawqi Talia; edited by Stephen J. Davis

5 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, 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