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Peter the Venerable and Islam

Kritzeck, James Aloysius

2015,2016

Overview

For over four centuries the principal source of Christian European knowledge of Islam stemmed from a project sponsored by Peter the Venerable, ninth abbot of Cluny, in 1142. This consisted of Latin translations of five Arabic works, including the first translation of the Koran in a western language. Known as the Toledan Collection, it was eventually printed in 1543 with an introduction by Martin Luther. The abbot also completed a handbook of Islam beliefs and a major analytical and polemical work, Liber contra sectam Saracenorum; annotated editions of these texts are included in this book. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: Abrahamic religions / Adoptionism / Al-Battani / Al-Biruni / Al-Furqan / Al-Kindi / Al-Mahdi / Al-Masih ad-Dajjal / Antipope Anacletus II / Apologetics / Arianism / Arnobius / Augustine of Hippo / Book of Revelation / Caliphate / Christian apologetics / Christian republic / Christianity / Christianity and Islam / Church Fathers / David Knowles (scholar) / God in Islam / Gog and Magog / Harut and Marut / Heresy / Heresy in Christianity / History / Husayn ibn Ali / Iconoclasm / Islam / Islam and the West / Islamic eschatology / Islamic literature / John Chrysostom / Ka'ab al-Ahbar / Liber / Manichaeism / Mohammedan / Mozarabs / Muawiyah I / Muhammad / Muhammad at Mecca / Muhammad at Medina (book) / Muslim / Muslim world / Nestorianism / Nestorius / Novatianism / Old Testament / Orosius / Paschal / Patripassianism / Pelagianism / Peter the Venerable / Pope Gregory VII / Predestination in Islam / Prudentius / Quran / Quraysh / RELIGION / RELIGION / History / RELIGION / Islam / History / Robert of Chester / Sabellianism / Spread of Islam / Sunni Islam / Tahrif / The City of God (book) / The Sufis / Theodicy / Theology / Umayyad Caliphate / Uthman
• ISBN: 1400875773, 9781400875771, 9780691624907, 0691624909, 9780691030432, 069103043X, 9780691651422, 0691651426