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The Patriarch and the Caliph: An Eighth-Century Dialogue Between Timothy I and Al-Mahdi

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The Patriarch and the Caliph: An Eighth-Century Dialogue Between Timothy I and Al-Mahdi - Samir, Samir Khalil (Editor), and Nasry, Wafik (Translated by)
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"The Patriarch and the Caliph presents the famous "dialogue without resolution" between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and the first Nestorian Patriarch, Timothy I, in Baghdad in 781 CE. The abundance of versions of this intellectually rich debate between adherents of Islam and of Christianity is a testimony to its historic importance. Of particular note is the mutual respect shown between the interlocutors in a period when Islam was the dominant political and intellectual influence in the Middle Eastern and ...

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The Patriarch and the Caliph: An Eighth-Century Dialogue Between Timothy I and Al-Mahdi 2018, Brigham Young University Press

ISBN-13: 9780842529891

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