Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary

Stephen J. Davis (Edited By) Stephen J. Davis s Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University, and author of Christ Child: Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus (Yale, 2014) and Monasticism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2018).T.C. Schmidt (Edited By) T. C. Schmidt is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and an Adjunct Professor at Fairfield University; his previous publications include the book-length translation Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and "Chronicon" (Gorgias Press 2017).Shawqi Talia (Edited By) Shawqi Talia is lecturer in Semitic Languages, Catholic University of America, and University Teaching Fellow, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Munster, Germany. He has published on Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, Garshuni texts, and Medieval Islamic studies.

• Preface and Acknowledgments viiEditorial Notes and Abbreviations xiIntroduction: Two Arabic Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in Historical and Cultural Context, 1Stephen J. Davis1 Būlus al-Būshī on Revelation 1–3: Christology and Christian-Muslim Encounter, 9Shawqi Talia and Stephen J. Davis2 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams, 22Stephen J. Davis3 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Revelation 1–3: The First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches, 41T. C. Schmidt, with contributions by Stephen J. Davis4 Būlus al-Būshī, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 60Translated by Shawqi Talia; edited by Stephen J. Davis5 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 86Translated by Stephen J. Davis and T. C. SchmidtWorks Cited 149Subject Index 163Biblical Index 169