The encounter of Eastern Christianity with early Islam / edited by Emmanouela Grypeou, Mark Swanson, and David Thomas. [print]

Papers from a workshop held in June 2003 in Erfurt, Germany.

Emmanouela Grypeou -- Islam and Oriens Christianus: Makka 610-622 A.D. Irfan Shahid -- Face to face encounter between Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem and the caliph Umar Ibn al-Khatab: friends or foes? Daniel J. Sahas -- Ideological transformation and the evolution of imperial presentation in the wake of Islam's victory David Olster -- Early Muslim raids into Anatolia and Byzantine reactions under Emperor Constans II Walter E. Kaegi -- Copts and the Islam of the seventh century Harald Suermann -- Amid in the seventh-century Syriac life of Theodute Andrew Palmer -- Die islamische Zeit in Giwargis Wardas 'Onita uber die Katholikoi des Ostens Martin Tamcke -- Political power and right religion in the east Syrian disputation between a monk of Bet Hale and an Arab notable Gerrit J. Reinink -- Perception and presentation of the Arab conquest in Syriac historiography: how did the changing social position of the Syrian Orthodox community influence the account of their historiographers? Jan J. van Ginkel -- New Testament citations in the hadith literature and the question of early gospel translations into Arabic David Cook -- Muslim-Christian controversy in an unedited Syriac text, Revelations and testimonies about our Lord's dispensation Muriel Debie -- Folly to the Hunafa: the crucifixion in early Christian-Muslim controversy Mark N. Swanson -- Christian theologians and new questions David Thomas -- Answers for the shaykh: a 'Melkite' Arabic text from Sinai and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation in 'Arab orthodox' apologetics Sidney H. Griffith.

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