Prophetic Resistance to Islam in Ninth-Century Córdoba: Paulus Alvarus and the Indiculus Luminosus

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Medieval Encounters Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI:10.1163/15700674-12340053

Andrew Sorber

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Abstract

The Indiculus Luminosus has been discussed for its polemical depiction of Muḥammad, its author’s lament over the loss of Latinity in Umayyad Córdoba, or its relation to the so-called Córdoban Martyrs of the 850s. None of these, however, comprehends the purpose of the work as a whole. A layman, Paulus Alvarus, wrote the Indiculus in 854 CE to galvanize the Córdoban Christian elites to oppose Islam through public preaching and affirmation of their Christian identity without compromise. Asserting prophetic authority and appropriating ecclesiastical modes of discourse to engage and influence the elites of an early medieval society, Alvarus’s Indiculus provides a crucial, if idiosyncratic, witness to a time of profound cultural and religious change.

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九世纪对伊斯兰教的先知抵抗Córdoba:保卢斯·阿尔瓦鲁斯和《光明Indiculus》

《Indiculus Luminosus》曾因其对Muḥammad的争议性描述、作者对倭马亚(Umayyad)失去拉丁语的悲叹Córdoba，或其与850年代所谓的Córdoban殉道者的关系而受到讨论。然而，这些都没有从整体上理解这项工作的目的。公元854年，外行保卢斯·阿尔瓦鲁斯(Paulus Alvarus)写了《Indiculus》，以激励Córdoban基督教精英们通过公开宣讲和毫不妥协地肯定他们的基督徒身份来反对伊斯兰教。阿尔瓦鲁斯的《Indiculus》主张预言权威，并利用教会的话语模式来吸引和影响中世纪早期社会的精英，它为一个深刻的文化和宗教变革时代提供了一个至关重要的见证。

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