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# The Orthodox Church in the Arab World, 700–1700: An Anthology of Sources (NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies)

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    A Series of Fascinating Texts that Deserve a Wide Audience
  

*by S***U on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2016*

There authors have selected some of the most interesting texts to translate in this volume. Orthodox Christians were quick to adopt Arabic as a liturgical and literary language so there is a long tradition to draw from.Chapter 1 contains a translation of 'An Apology for the Christian Faith'. This is the earliest text presented. It appears to have been written in the 8th century. Even though the treatise is addressing Muslims it is free from polemic.Chapter 4 contains the passion of Saint Anthony Rawh. Rawh was an Abbasid prince who converted to Christianity and adopted the name Anthony. There is lots of information on how Rawh was disrespectful and dissolute prior to his conversion. Eventually he was executed on Christmas Day, 799. A truly fascinating story and fairly brief (pages 117-123). A second hagiographic text concerns Abd al-Masih, a Christian Arab who fell into the company of ghazi raiders and adopted Islam. Eventually he regretted his decision and retired to Mt Sinai as a monk. On a trip to Ramla he was spotted and denounced as a Muslim apostate and executed. Sorry to say there aren't a lot of happy endings in Muslim conversion stories but their examples survive to inspire us today.Chapter 5 is an extract from the Chronicle of Agapius of Manbij from the 10th century. The extract covers pre- Christian history. It gives an account of Ptolemy's translation of the Old Testament into Greek and discusses the authenticity of Scripture.Chapter 7 has some works by Abdallah ibn al-Fadl al-Antaki who was active in the 11th century around Antioch. He was completely unknown to me but the introduction says he wrote extensively. I can only hope future scholars will take up the task and do more on this figure.Chapter 10 has a full translation of Paul of Sidon's 'Letter to a Muslim Friend' from the 12th century. In this subversive text Paul tries to show that Muslim's have misunderstood the Qur'an and that it is pro-Christian. This letter scandalised Muslims. I have read about letter before and I was really happy to finally have a translation to read for myself. The notorious Ibn Taymiyya (died 1328) felt compelled to write a massive refutation of Paul's letter.Chapter 12 has a translation of extracts of Paul of Aleppo's travels to Russia and Eastern Europe in the 17th century in the retinue of the Patriarch of Antioch. The only problem I have is that I wished I could read more.Other readers might find other texts in this volume equally interesting. Scholarly translations from Arabic tend to be very expensive so I was pleasantly surprised about the fair price. I even bought an extra copy for an Antiochian Orthodox friend of mine.

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    Reads like today's headlines
  

*by N***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2014*

If you want to know more about Christian roots and presence in the Middle East and the spirituality of believers who have lived there for thousands of years, buy and read this book.  Editors, Noble and Treigar have compiled an impressive book of first time English translations of Christian writers from the Arab world of 700-1700, a world where being a Christian meant persecution by Muslims who demanded conversion, unreasonable taxation, or death by beheading for non-conversion to Islam. (Sound familiar?)The maintenance of faith and love by Christians in the region during this time is inspiring.  Learning more about the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition is illuminating for Western readers, especially.  Although the editors may have intended the book for academic use in religious studies courses, it is both a readable and valuable book for the general public who desires to know more about the history of the Orthodox Christian Church and its civilizing contributions in a region that continues to be in turmoil.

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    Very pertinent for our times.
  

*by E***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2015*

This was a very worthwhile book to read.First, because this subject-matter, while seemingly remote in time and distance, is actually very pertinent to our times. In these very lands Christians are continuing to struggle to maintain their faith and identity in the very same -- if more overtly hostile -- environment which this anthology depicts.Second, this is pertinent for another reason. Many of us in "the west" are waking up to realize that we, too, are an embattled minority in a land that we once thought "ours." Christians in the West can learn a lot from our coreligionists from the East.Third, because of the changing situation in the West, I found this spiritually enriching.I found the editor's notes very helpful and the material accessible.

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