TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffith,Sidney Harrison
TI  - The Bible in Arabic: the Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the language of Islam 
T2  - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
SN  - 9781400846580
AV  - BS315.A69 G75 2013eb
U1  - 220.4/6 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton [N.J.]
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Arabic
KW  - Versions
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Bibel
KW  - gnd
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Musulmans
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Reference
KW  - Concordances
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Language Study
KW  - Islam
KW  - General
KW  - Arabisch
KW  - Übersetzung
KW  - Bijbel
KW  - gtt
KW  - Vertalingen
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Congress
KW  - proceedings (reports)
KW  - aat
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Actes de congrès
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I: The Bible in Pre-Islamic Arabia; CHAPTER II: The Bible in the Arabic Qur'ān; CHAPTER III: The Earliest Translations of the Bible into Arabic; CHAPTER IV: Christian Translations of the Bible into Arabic; CHAPTER V: Jewish Translations of the Bible into Arabic; CHAPTER VI: Muslims and the Bible in Arabic; CHAPTER VII: Intertwined Scriptures; Bibliography; Index
N2  - From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of Jews and Christians in Arabic-speaking lands. In pre-Islamic times, Jewish and Christian scriptures circulated orally in the Arabic-speaking milieu. After the rise of Islam--and the Qur'an's a
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