Linguistic nature of early christian arabic literature, the
Auteur :
Stokes, Phillip W.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009564595
Date de publication :
30 juin 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element examines the forms of Arabic used by Christians in the early Islamic period in theological treatises and Arabic Bible translations. It argues that linguistic analysis of these texts not only clarifies the nature of early Islamic Arabic but also sheds new light on Christian institutional and intellectual culture.