Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction 1 Chapter I: The Bible in Pre-Islamic Arabia 7 Chapter II: The Bible in the Arabic Qur'a'n 54 Chapter III: The Earliest Translations of the Bible into Arabic 97 Chapter IV: Christian Translations of the Bible into Arabic 127 Chapter V: Jewish Translations of the Bible into Arabic 155 Chapter VI: Muslims and the Bible in Arabic 175 Chapter VII: Intertwined Scriptures 204 Bibliography 217 Index 247

About the Author

Sidney H. Griffith is Ordinary Professor in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America. His books include "The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic" and "The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque" (Princeton).

Reviews

"[M]eticulous but eminently lucid."--Eric Ormsby, Literary Review "Griffith offers an exhaustive yet engaging discussion of the history of translations of the Bible."--Choice