Islam and the West: The Making of an ImageHailed as a classic, newly revised and thoroughly updated, this study of the formation of western ideas about Islam offers vital insights into the relationship between two of the world's greatest religions. In a scholarly and balanced work, Daniel traces the development of Christian-Islamic interaction from medieval times to the present day. |
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Page 40
... passage of William of Tripoli's presented the failure of both Jews and Christians to preserve in a pure state the revelations made to Moses and to Jesus , and contrasted the absence of any revelation to the great nation of the Arabs ...
... passage of William of Tripoli's presented the failure of both Jews and Christians to preserve in a pure state the revelations made to Moses and to Jesus , and contrasted the absence of any revelation to the great nation of the Arabs ...
Page 44
... passage he himself uses adorare for ' serve ' , thus Dixerunt Deum adorabimus tuum et patrum tuorum et nos sumus ei oblati . ... In the second group of passages , those from súrah III , he used a variety of phrases that still constitute ...
... passage he himself uses adorare for ' serve ' , thus Dixerunt Deum adorabimus tuum et patrum tuorum et nos sumus ei oblati . ... In the second group of passages , those from súrah III , he used a variety of phrases that still constitute ...
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... passage that otherwise has little in common with humanism . One quotation will not delineate the argument , which is ... passages seem less minute and suggest a less narrow sympathy . If there were spiritual delights , corporal delights ...
... passage that otherwise has little in common with humanism . One quotation will not delineate the argument , which is ... passages seem less minute and suggest a less narrow sympathy . If there were spiritual delights , corporal delights ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 9 |
CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAMIC BELIEF | 35 |
THE CHRISTIAN ATTACK UPON PSEUDOPROPHECY | 67 |
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annotator Arabic argued arguments asserted attitude authentic believe Bibl Bibliander bibliography century chapter Christ Christendom Christian Church cited claim Cluniac Contrarietas Crusade d'Alverny Disp divine doctrine example fact faith false Fidenzio Fitzralph Gospel Hamar heresy heretics Higden Holy Humbert I.vi ibn Ishaq idea idols interest Islam Itin Jewish Jews Ketton Latin Liber London Lull Lull's Maracci Mark of Toledo Martí Mecca mediaeval Middle Ages miracles mosque Muhammad Muslims pagan Paris passage Pedro de Alfonso Pennis Peter of Poitiers Peter the Venerable phrase polemic praise prayer prophecy Prophet quoted Qur'an Quraysh realised reason recognised reference religion religious reprobatio revelation Riccoldo Risálah San Pedro Saracens Scripture seems sexual sources story summula supposed súrah Testament theme things thought tion tradition translation Trinity Tripoli true truth Verona verse VIII Viterbo Vitry William of Auvergne words worship writers