Adab (Belles-lettres), Encyclopedism and Doctrinal-theological works

 

 

 

 al-Jāhiz =  Abu 'Uthman 'Amr ibn Bahr al-Jāhiz (d. 255/869),

The polymathic fountainhead  of adab   associated works al‑Jāḥiz wrote a al‑Radd `alā al‑Nasārā  (Refutations of the Christians). Therein he speaks disparargingly  of the four Evangelists and the reliability of the Gospels:

  • Jāhiz, Risala fi l-radd 'alā al-nasārā.

They [the Christians] have received their religion from four persons: In their opinion two of them, namely  John and Matthew, were immediate disciples [min al-ḥawāriyyīn] [whereas the other] two Mark and Luke were converts  [min al-mustajībīn]. With regard to these four there is no certainty that they did not make mistakes or forget, or lie of set purpose or make an agreement and a pact among themselves with regard to [certain] matters and a pact with regard to the sharing out of  leading positions [al-ri'āsa] and the handing-over by each of them to his associate of the part which was stipulated... (tr. Pines, 1967:180 fn. 10).

  • Hujaj al-nubuwwa.

 

Ibn Qutayba =  Abu `Abd-Allah ibn Muslim Ibn Qutayba al-Dinawari (213-276 AH= 828-889 CE).

  • Adab al-kātib. Ed. and annotated by Muhammad Muhyī al-Dīn 'Abd al-Hamīd. Fourth impression. • Cairo 1382/1963. 535 pp.
  •  al-Imāma wa 'l-siyāsa. • Cairo 1328/ 1910. 2 vols in 1. (181+83 pp. ).
  • al-Shi'r wa 'l-shu'arā'. 2 vols. Ed. and annotated by A. Muhammad Shākir. Cairo: XXX., 1364-69 /1945-1950  (27, 1025 pp.).
  • al-Shi'r wa 'l-shu'arā'. Prefaced by H. Tamīm. ed. with appendix by Muhammad  A. al-'Arayān. Second impression. Beirut: XXXX., 1406/1986. 680 pp.
  • Verhandeling over de poëzie van Abû-Mohammad 'Abdo-'llāh ibn-Moslim Ibn-Qotaiba. (Hādhā al-juz' al-awwal min kitāb al-Shi'r wa 'l-shu'arā')Volgens de handschriften van Weenen, Parijs en Damaskus. Arabische tekst met Hollandsche vertaling. Door H. W. C. Rittershausen. And: De beoefening der Oostersche talen in Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen, 1800-1874. Bibliographisch overzicht door P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek. • Leiden 1875. 4to. (xi, 8, 108, viii, 34 pp. ). Dutch text, (i, 40 pp. Ar. text).

Ibn Qutayba, 'Abd-Allah ibn Muslim (d. 276 / 889)            

·     Kitab al‑ma'ārif .  ed. Thawat Ukāsha. Cairo: Dar al‑ma'arif, 1969.

Lecomte, Gerard.

  • "Les citations clé l'ancien et du nouveau testament tians l'oeuvre d'lbn Qutayba." Arabica 5 (1958): 24-46.
  • "Ibn Kutayba." El2 3:844-46.
     

Khoury, Raif Georges.

  • Les légendes prophétiques dans l'Islam depuis le /'՝' /iisi/n 'an ΠΙ' siècle de l'Hégire. Wiesbaden: Harrassovvitz, 1978.
  • "Quelques réflexions sur la première ou les premières Bibles arabes." Pages 549-61 in L'Arabie préislamique et son environneinent historique et culturel: Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg 24-27 /nin 1987. Edited by T. Faliti. Leiden: Brill, 1989.