Who Is the Man on the Camel?: Historical Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible and Christian-Muslim Debate

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Medieval Encounters Pub Date : 2020-05-04 DOI:10.1163/15700674-12340060

J. Zaleski

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Abstract

This article examines Christian and Muslim exchanges concerning Isaiah 21:7 and Deuteronomy 18:15, biblical texts that Muslims interpreted as referring to the Prophet Muḥammad. The focus of the article is the well-known letter in which the East Syrian Catholicos, Timothy I (d. 823), reports his debate with the Caliph al-Mahdī. In this letter, Timothy draws upon exegetical traditions rooted in Theodore of Mopsuestia (d. 428) in order to undercut Muslim interpretation of Isaiah 21:7 and Deuteronomy 18:15 by insisting upon a strictly historical interpretation of these verses. The historical approach defended by Timothy received a Muslim rebuttal in the mid-ninth century and continued to be adapted by Christian readers who redacted Timothy’s letter. These sources demonstrate the interreligious transmission of Hebrew Bible exegesis. They show how Muslim biblical interpretation challenged basic principles of Christian exegesis, causing both Muslim and Christian authors to adapt and rearticulate longstanding methods of interpreting scripture.

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谁是骆驼上的人希伯来圣经的历史注释与基督教与穆斯林的争论

这篇文章考察了基督教和穆斯林关于以赛亚书21:7和申命记18:15的交流，穆斯林将圣经文本解读为先知穆ḥammad。这篇文章的重点是一封著名的信，东叙利亚天主教蒂莫西一世（公元823年）在信中报告了他与哈里发al-Mahdī的辩论。在这封信中，蒂莫西借鉴了植根于莫普苏斯蒂亚的西奥多（公元428年）的训诫传统，坚持对这些诗句进行严格的历史解释，以削弱穆斯林对以赛亚书21:7和申命记18:15的解释。蒂莫西所辩护的历史方法在九世纪中期遭到穆斯林的反驳，并继续被编辑蒂莫西信件的基督教读者所改编。这些资料显示了希伯来文圣经注释的宗教间传播。它们展示了穆斯林的圣经解释是如何挑战基督教训诫的基本原则的，导致穆斯林和基督教作者都对长期以来的圣经解释方法进行了调整和重新表述。

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