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The legend of Sergius Bahira in the light of Christian apologetics vis-a-vis Islam -- Muslim-Christian confrontation and counterhistory -- The Islamic Bahira -- The apocalypse of Bahira -- Bahira's teachings -- Breaking crosses -- God's word and his spirit-Bahira's christology -- Protection and recognition-Bahira and Q 5:82 -- The physics of heaven -- The Qur'an against Islam -- The legend outside the legend -- Bahira the source -- Bahira the heretic -- Bahira the false witness -- Bahira the victim -- Jewish traditions about Bahira -- Bahira the forecaster -- Concluding discussion -- Texts and translations -- The recensions and the manuscript tradition -- Some characteristics of the recensions -- Textual genealogy -- Manuscripts -- Conspectus siglorum -- Methodological considerations -- The East-Syrian recension -- The West-Syrian recension -- The short Arabic recension -- The long Arabic recension

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Treatise Against the Jews -- The Manuscripts of the Treatise -- Index of the Chapter Headings in the Treatise -- Sigla Used in the Critical Edition of the Treatise -- Edition and Translation of the Treatise -- Back Matter -- Appendix A: List of Books and Articles Published by Rifaat Ebied and Lionel R. Wickham -- Appendix B: Facsimiles of Illustrations from the Syriac Manuscripts Which Contain the Treatise -- Bibliography -- Biblical References -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-361) and index