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Ausgabe:

November/2017

Spalte:

1211–1213

Kategorie:

Kirchengeschichte: Alte Kirche, Christliche Archäologie

Autor/Hrsg.:

Bahkou, Abjar

Titel/Untertitel:

Defending Christian Faith. The Fifth Part of the Christian Apology of Gerasimus.

Verlag:

Berlin u. a.: De Gruyter Open 2015. 178 S. Geb. EUR 49,95. ISBN 978-3-11-037580-0.

Rezensent:

Manolis M. Ulbricht

Abjar Bahkou (Baylor University, Texas/USA, one of the largest Baptist universities in the world) contributes with this book to research on the »Arabic Christian [footnote] theological writing of the Arabic Medieval Period.« (1) This monograph is the result of B.’s extensive background studying Gerasimus, as he completed his PhD on the same topic (2011, PISAI/Rome) under the supervision of Samir Khalil Samir (SJ). The little known Gerasimus was presumably an abbot of the monastery of St. Symeon (the Younger), and may have lived in either the 12th or 13th century. Although his surviving writings offer no biographical information, he must have been well educated, as he was familiar with Aristotelian logic and a large corpus of non-Christian literature (5). B., who ...


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