Title John of Damascus and Islam : Christian heresiology and the intellectual background to earliest Christian-Muslim relations / by Peter Schadler

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 264 pages) Series History of Christian-Muslim relations, 1570-7350 ; volume 34 History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 34. 1570-7350 Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Heresy and Heresiology in Late Antiquity -- Problems in Associating Islam with Heresy -- Manichaeism: The Exception that Proves the Rule -- Heresy as Opposition to the Church -- Other Understandings of Heresy in Late Antiquity -- Early Christian Use of Heresiology -- Demonic Nature of Heresy -- Heresy as the Result of Philosophical Speculation -- Other Typical Traits of Heresiology -- 2. Aspects of the Intellectual Background -- Encyclopedism of Christian Palestine -- Heresiology as History? -- Sociological Imperative to Institution Building as a Force for Islam's Inclusion -- From Heresiology to Panarion and from Panarion to Anacephalaeosis: The Shifting Nature of Heresiology -- John of Damascus and non-Christian Philosophy -- Definition of Heresy in John's Works -- Demons and the Heresiology of John -- 3. Life of John of Damascus, His Use of the Qur'an, and the Quality of His Knowledge of Islam -- Life of John of Damascus -- John of Damascus and Arabic -- Qur'an and its Apparent Use Among Christians -- John of Damascus and the Qur'an -- Anastasius of Sinai and the Qur'an -- Alleged Leo-'Umar Correspondence -- Lives of the Prophets and Other Sources -- 4. Islamic and Para-Islamic Traditions -- Scholarly Accounts of Early Islam -- Revisionist Islamic Studies and its Antecedents -- Contemporary Islamic Studies -- John of Damascus, the Black Stone, and the Ka'ba -- Ka'ba, the Black Stone, and the Maqam Ibrahim in the Islamic Tradition -- Untraditional Perspective -- Damascene's Observations Given the Untraditional Perspective -- Rivers in Paradise -- Monk and an-Nasara -- Female Circumcision -- Pillars of Faith -- 5. John of Damascus and Theodore Abu Qurrah on Islam -- Problems Authenticating Abu Qurrah's Greek Corpus -- Theodore Abu Qurrah on Islam -- Theodore, the Qur'an, and Muhammad -- Arian Monk -- Theodore and Heresy -- Abu Qurrah and John of Damascus: Some Differences and Conclusions Summary How did Islam come to be considered a Christian heresy? In this book, Peter Schadler outlines the intellectual background of the Christian Near East that led John, a Christian serving in the court of the caliph in Damascus, to categorize Islam as a heresy. Schadler shows that different uses of the term heresy persisted among Christians, and then demonstrates that John's assessment of the beliefs and practices of Muslims has been mistakenly dismissed on assumptions he was highly biased. The practices and beliefs John ascribes to Islam have analogues in the Islamic tradition, proving that John may well represent an accurate picture of Islam as he knew it in the seventh and eighth centuries in Syria and Palestine Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2018) Subject John, of Damascus, Saint. SUBJECT John, of Damascus, Saint fast Subject Christianity and other religions -- Islam. Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. Christian heresies. RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. Christian heresies Christianity Interfaith relations Islam Form Electronic book LC no. 2017047975 ISBN 9789004356054 9004356053

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