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The articles in this collection complement those in Professor Griffith's previous volume, Arabic Christianity in the Monasteries of 9th-Century Palestine, studying the first efforts of Christians living in the early Islamic world to respond to the religious challenges of Islam. In particular, the author shows how Christian apologists who wrote in Arabic adopted in defense of Christian doctrines the modes of discourse (kalam) then employed by Muslim controversialists (mutakallimun) to advance the claims of Islam. The writers whose works are studied here developed a truly Christian 'ilm al-kalam, that is to say a science of defending Christianity in an Arabic idiom borrowed largely from Muslims.

Arabic literature --- Christianity and other religions --- Islam --- Theology --- Church history --- Littérature chrétienne arabe --- Christianisme --- Théologie --- Eglise --- Christian authors --- History and criticism. --- Islam. --- Relations --- Christianity --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Middle East --- Moyen-Orient --- Histoire religieuse --- Littérature chrétienne arabe --- Théologie --- Church history. --- History and criticism --- Arabic literature - Christian authors - History and criticism. --- Christianity and other religions - Islam. --- Christianity and other religions - Islam

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Heirs of the Apostles offers a panoramic survey of Arabic-speaking Christians—descendants of the Christian communities established in the Middle East by the apostles—and their history, religion, and culture in the early Islamic and medieval periods. The subjects range from Arabic translations of the Bible, to the status of Christians in the Muslim-governed lands, Muslim-Christian polemic, and Christian-Muslim and Christian-Jewish relations. The volume is offered as a Festschrift to Sidney H. Griffith, the doyen of Christian Arabic Studies in North America, on his eightieth birthday.

Arabic literature --- Christianity and culture --- Christianity and culture. --- Christianity --- Christianity. --- Christian authors --- History and criticism. --- Christian authors. --- Arab countries --- Arab countries. --- Church history. --- History and criticism --- Church history --- Middle Eastern literature --- North African literature --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Religions --- Arab world --- Arabic countries --- Arabic-speaking states --- Islamic countries --- Middle East --- Christianity - Arab countries --- Christianity and culture - Arab countries --- Arabic literature - Christian authors - History and criticism --- Griffith, Sidney H. --- Arab countries - Church history