Introduction; Notes on Contributors; Muslims as crypto-idolaters -- a theme in the Christian portrayal of Islam in the Near East; Monasteries through Muslim Eyes: the Diyarat Books; Habib ibn Khidma Abu Ra'ita al-Takriti's 'The Refutation of the Melkites concerning the Union [of the Divinity and Humanity in Christ]' (III); 'Ammar al-Basri on the Incarnation; The Christian al-Ma'mun Tradition; Stuccowork at the Monastery of the Syrians in the Wadi Natrun: Iraqi-Egyptian Artistic Contact in the 'Abbasid Period
Summary
This work covers aspects of Christian life in and around Baghdad in the early centuries of 'Abbasid rule. It explores both broad themes, such as the place of monasteries in Muslim cultural life, accusations of Islam as crypto-adolatry, and Muslim responses to Christian apologetic arguments
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index
