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Bishara Ebeid

Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Faculty Member

Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Facoltà delle Scienze Ecclesiastiche Orientali, Graduate Student

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, Graduate Student

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Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyyah: Translating and Recalling East Syriac Legal Texts in an Arabo-Muslim Context

Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques , 2024

Abū l-Faraǧ ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (10th-11th c.) is one of the most important Christian autho... more Abū l-Faraǧ ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (10th-11th c.) is one of the most important Christian authors of his time. He was a physician, philosopher and also theologian belonging to the East Syrian Church. He wrote many works on medicine, commentaries on most of the works of Aristotle, Galen and Hippocrates, exegetical works on most of the books of the Holy Scripture and dogmatic treatises. Additionally, he was one among the first East Syrian authors who produced collections of ecclesiastical and civil canons and laws in Arabic. His collection, entitled Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyya, that is, Law of Christianity, is not a simple translation of ancient and traditional East Syriac sources of ecclesiastical law but it should be considered a legal source for the East Syrians under the Islamic Caliphate, even if some parts of it are a reworking and rewriting of previous collections, like the Nomokanon of Gabriel of Basra. My contribution, consequentially, aims, to analyse how two specific topics, namely (1) the re-baptism of the converted, heretics and unbelievers and (2) divorce, are treated in Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyya. The analysis aims to examine the way our author recalls and uses the East Syriac legal tradition, the criteria he
follows in selecting material in support of his own position, how he tries to adapt this material to the new socio-political context in which he lives, and finally, whether the Islamic law tradition influences his methodology to any extent.

Dānyāl ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb al-Mārdīnī (XIVs): I Fondamenti della religione e la guarigione dei cuori dei credenti, Studio, introduzione, testo critico, traduzione italiana note e indici a cura di Mervat Kelli, vol. I, Patrimonio culturale Arabo Cristiano, 27, 2024

The Divine Substance as Aristotle’s Substantia Prima: Yaḥyā b. ʿAdī and his Trinitarian Doctrine

Le Museon, 2023

Prefazione, attraversamenti

Conference Report The Bible and Arab Christianity

Bishara Ebeid specialized in Byzantine, Coptic, Syriac and Christian Arabic Theology at the Ponti... more Bishara Ebeid specialized in Byzantine, Coptic, Syriac and Christian Arabic Theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, where he got his MA in 2012 and his first doctoral degree in 2014. His dissertation on the Christology of Christian Arabic authors was published as "La tunica di Al-Masīḥ. La Cristologia della grandi confessioni cristiane dell'Oriente nel X e XI secolo" (Roma: Edizioni Christiana Orientalia, 2018). This monograph was followed by an edition and study on Elias of Nisibis, "Elias of Nisibis. Commentary on the Creed (Tafsīr al-amānah alkabīrah)", CNERU-CEDRAC, Beyrouth. In 2019 he obtained his second doctoral degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a dissertation on the figure of Pontius Pilate in the New Testament and in apocryphal literature. Since February 2019 he has been working as an

Patristic Tradition, Trinitarian Doctrine, and Metaphysics in Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī’s Polemics against the Melkites

Emiliano Fiori – Bishara Ebeid, eds., Florilegia Syriaca. Mapping a Knowledge – Organizing Practice in the Syriac World, 2023

ebeid 4) "Evidence for the Threefold Praise for the One Crucified for Us".19 5) "From the 'Book o... more ebeid 4) "Evidence for the Threefold Praise for the One Crucified for Us".19 5) "From the 'Book of the Confession of the Fathers' ".20 6) "Christological Discussion".21 Abū Rāʾiṭah's argumentation against the Chalcedonian doctrine is based on: 1) the Bible, by mentioning some biblical verses and giving them an exegesis that demonstrates the wrong doctrine of the Melkites and the Orthodoxy of the Miaphysites;22 2) the faith of the three Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Ephesus (431);23 3) a correct use of metaphysics, by explaining how the metaphysical terms used in the Christian doctrine should be understood; 4) rational argumentations, syllogisms and analogies based on the tradition of the Syriac Aristotelian culture,24 in which Abū Rāʾiṭah probably shared,25 and on the way of making Kalām, mainly of the Muʿtazilites,26 the most influential Islamic school at the time of the author;27 5) liturgical it is considered as his fourth letter. Text number vii according to Graf's edition, Abū Rāʾiṭah, The Writings, 105-130 (text).

Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī’s Trinitarian Doctrine: Between Miaphysite Tradition and Islamic Challenge

Adamantius , 2021

Rivista del Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca su "Origene e la tradizione alessandrina" * Journal of the... more

The Christology of Ḥabīb’s chapters: New considerations

Symposium Syriacum XII. Held at St Lawrence College, Rome 19-21 August 2016. Organized by the Pontifical Oriental Institute on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration (1917-2017) , 2022

EVA MARÍA RODRIGO GÓMEZ, La libertà umana di fronte al peccato. Un approccio alla teologia morale... more

Virgin Mary Apostola Apostolorum in Arabo-Coptic Apocryphal Texts under the Fatimids: The Case of the Lament of the Virgin and the Martyrdom of Pilate

Apcrypha, 2021

The Virgin Mary has a prominent place in Coptic Literature, Liturgy and Theology. Scholars have a... more The Virgin Mary has a prominent place in Coptic Literature, Liturgy and Theology. Scholars have already studied some aspects of Coptic Mariology, but Mariology in Arabo-Coptic literature is yet to be researched, especially in apocryphal and pseudepigraphic patristic works. In this paper I aim to highlight this lacuna by examining the figure of the Virgin Mary in two Arabic apocryphal works – the Lament of the Virgin known also as the Arabic Gospel of Gamaliel and the Martyrdom of Pilate, written and redacted in Egypt during the 11th – 12th century, i.e., during the Islamic Fatimid dynasty. I will focus on the revival of the ancient tradition of Mary Apostola Apostolorum, according to which the Virgin was the first person to meet the risen Christ, and on the reasons behind this phenomenon. In fact, the important role that the Virgin Mary assumes in Arabic Christian apocryphal literature reflects the significant place she occupies in the Qurʾān and Islamic tradition, and therefore makes her the most appropriate figure to be used and instrumentalized as defender of Christian doctrines when Christians face difficult circumstances. She becomes the defender of the Christian faith against Islamic accusations of that period, i.e., the polemics against the resurrection of Christ. This paper, then, will bring to light, a new aspect of the veneration of Mary in mediaeval Egypt.

Miaphysite Syriac Patristic Florilegia and Theopaschisim: Abū Rāʾiṭah’s Defence of the Christological Trisagion Hymn

Annali di Scienze Religiose 14, 2022

This paper aims to highlight the original points the West-Syrian and Miaphysite theologian Abū Rā... more This paper aims to highlight the original points the West-Syrian and Miaphysite theologian Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī (d. 838) uses to defend the addition into the Trisagion hymn: his liturgical arguments, his biblical arguments, and his means of relating Theopaschism to what he maintains to be a proper metaphysical system. The main purpose of the essay, however, is to analyse the patristic quotations Abū Rāʾiṭah provides to support his position and to demonstrate its orthodoxy. A comparative analysis of these quotations with some Syriac florilegia compiled by Miaphysites between the eighth and ninth centuries demonstrates that Abū Rāʾiṭah had access to such florilegia and their sources and used them into creating his own florilegium.

The Trinitarian Doctrine of Ibn Aṭ-Ṭayyib: An Interpretation of Babai the Great‟S Metaphysical System in the World of Islam

The Trinitarian doctrine of Abū al-Farağ ʻAbd Allah Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib (10 th -11 th c.) may be consid... more The Trinitarian doctrine of Abū al-Farağ ʻAbd Allah Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib (10 th -11 th c.) may be considered a good example of an interpretation of the Trinitarian theology and metaphysical system of Babai the Great (7 c.). Babai made an effort to discern between metaphysical terms, such as: substance (kyānā), hypostasis (qnōmā), and person (parṣōpā), making a peculiar mixture of Cappadocian, Nestorian, i.e., East Syrian, and Antiochene theology. Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib, however, did not make use of Babai‟s terminology. Particularly, although he explained the Trinitarian dogma in a similar way to Babai, he did not apply the term person (parṣōpā) to the Trinitarian theology. This paper aims to show the importance of the Trinitarian thought of Ibn aṭṬayyib. It also answers the following questions: 1) how was he able to make an excellent interpretation of Babai‟s thought in the language and ambient of Islam, and 2) why did he consider it the best way to explain the Trinitarian dogma to the Muslims? THE...

Metaphysics of Trinity in Graeco-Syriac Miaphysitism: A Study and Analysis of the Trinitarian Florilegium in MS BL Add. 14532

Studia graeco-arabica 11/1, 2021

This paper aims to study and analyse the Trinitarian doctrine of a Syriac Patristic florilegium o... more This paper aims to study and analyse the Trinitarian doctrine of a Syriac Patristic florilegium of Trinitarian content found in MS London, British Library, Add. 14532, in an attempt to understand the reasons that led to its composition. It will include an analysis of the development of Miaphysite metaphysics during the sixth and the seventh centuries, when the Miaphysites had to deal with various internal controversies, and an analytical presentation of the florilegium and of its contents, with an identification of the patristic quotations used by the compiler. The study of the theology and metaphysics of this florilegium will go on to demonstrate that the Miaphysites, starting from their Christology and
the problems it created in their Trinitarian doctrine, formulated a metaphysical system based on a new comprehension of “substance”, “hypostasis”, “property” and “monarchy” and developed what I call
“Miaphysite Trinitarian doctrine”.

Il simbolo sponsale come ponte tra le tradizioni greca e siriaca. Un approccio patristico-liturgico

L’uomo creato ad immagine e somiglianza di Dio secondo la teologia cristiana e musulmana

Teologia i Człowiek, 2016

* Bishara Ebeid-greco ortodosso e palestinese d'Israele-dottore in Scienze Ecclesiastiche Orienta... more

Can the Qur'ān be read in the light of Christ? Reflections on some Melkite authors and their use of the Holy Book of Islam

The first Scripture for Christians was the Old Testament, which, however, they read in the light ... more The first Scripture for Christians was the Old Testament, which, however, they read in the light of Christ. For them, in disagreement with the Jews themselves, the prophecies of the OT regarding the Messiah were realized in Jesus Christ. In this case, Christians read the OT differently than did Jews, who continued to read the OT according to their tradition while refusing to accept Christ as the Messiah. The Qur'ān, however, accepts that Jesus Christ was al-Masīḥ, but rejects the doctrines of the Trinity and of Christ as the incarnate Son of God the Father. This was, in fact, one of the main differences between the two religions. For their part, Christians, although they did not recognize prophecy in Muḥammad, used the Holy Book of Muslims in their different writings, especially as proof-texting for apologetic purposes. 1

EBEID Bishara, “Arab-Christian Theologies in Dialogue: Comparative Analysis of the Doctrines of the Melkite Saʻīd Ibn Baṭrīq, the Copt Sawīrus Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, and the Nestorian Elias of Nisibis”, in Vasile-Octavian Mihoc and Ryann Craig, eds., Contested Coexistence, Wiesbaden 2020, 63-90.

EBEID Bishara, “Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Hazim (1979-2012) of Antioch and his Perspective on Inter-Christian and Interreligious Dialogue” in Catalin-Stefan Popa and Adrian Mladinoiu, eds., From Polarization to Cohabitation on the New Middle East, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2020, 53-62.

Bishara EBEID, “The Melkite-Chalcedonian Reading of History: The Case of Eutychius of Alexandria and his Annals”, Aram 31 (2019), 51-83

Bishara Ebeid, "Christology and Monasticism. The case of Philoxenus of Mabbug", in Geevarghese Shajan Kuttiyil-George Ayyaneth, eds., Monasticism Meeting Modernity. Oriental Christian and Indian Perspectives and Challenges, Pune 2019, pp. 258-311

Bishara EBEID, “Esegesi Arabo-Cristiana primitiva: L’uso della Bibbia nei primi apologisti arabo-cristiani” in Cadernos Patrísticos – Textos e Estudos 10/19 (2016), 127-166

Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyyah: Translating and Recalling East Syriac Legal Texts in an Arabo-Muslim Context

Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques , 2024

Abū l-Faraǧ ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (10th-11th c.) is one of the most important Christian autho... more Abū l-Faraǧ ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (10th-11th c.) is one of the most important Christian authors of his time. He was a physician, philosopher and also theologian belonging to the East Syrian Church. He wrote many works on medicine, commentaries on most of the works of Aristotle, Galen and Hippocrates, exegetical works on most of the books of the Holy Scripture and dogmatic treatises. Additionally, he was one among the first East Syrian authors who produced collections of ecclesiastical and civil canons and laws in Arabic. His collection, entitled Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyya, that is, Law of Christianity, is not a simple translation of ancient and traditional East Syriac sources of ecclesiastical law but it should be considered a legal source for the East Syrians under the Islamic Caliphate, even if some parts of it are a reworking and rewriting of previous collections, like the Nomokanon of Gabriel of Basra. My contribution, consequentially, aims, to analyse how two specific topics, namely (1) the re-baptism of the converted, heretics and unbelievers and (2) divorce, are treated in Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Fiqh al-Naṣrāniyya. The analysis aims to examine the way our author recalls and uses the East Syriac legal tradition, the criteria he
follows in selecting material in support of his own position, how he tries to adapt this material to the new socio-political context in which he lives, and finally, whether the Islamic law tradition influences his methodology to any extent.

Dānyāl ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb al-Mārdīnī (XIVs): I Fondamenti della religione e la guarigione dei cuori dei credenti, Studio, introduzione, testo critico, traduzione italiana note e indici a cura di Mervat Kelli, vol. I, Patrimonio culturale Arabo Cristiano, 27, 2024

The Divine Substance as Aristotle’s Substantia Prima: Yaḥyā b. ʿAdī and his Trinitarian Doctrine

Le Museon, 2023

Prefazione, attraversamenti

Conference Report The Bible and Arab Christianity

Bishara Ebeid specialized in Byzantine, Coptic, Syriac and Christian Arabic Theology at the Ponti... more Bishara Ebeid specialized in Byzantine, Coptic, Syriac and Christian Arabic Theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, where he got his MA in 2012 and his first doctoral degree in 2014. His dissertation on the Christology of Christian Arabic authors was published as "La tunica di Al-Masīḥ. La Cristologia della grandi confessioni cristiane dell'Oriente nel X e XI secolo" (Roma: Edizioni Christiana Orientalia, 2018). This monograph was followed by an edition and study on Elias of Nisibis, "Elias of Nisibis. Commentary on the Creed (Tafsīr al-amānah alkabīrah)", CNERU-CEDRAC, Beyrouth. In 2019 he obtained his second doctoral degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a dissertation on the figure of Pontius Pilate in the New Testament and in apocryphal literature. Since February 2019 he has been working as an

Patristic Tradition, Trinitarian Doctrine, and Metaphysics in Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī’s Polemics against the Melkites

Emiliano Fiori – Bishara Ebeid, eds., Florilegia Syriaca. Mapping a Knowledge – Organizing Practice in the Syriac World, 2023

ebeid 4) "Evidence for the Threefold Praise for the One Crucified for Us".19 5) "From the 'Book o... more ebeid 4) "Evidence for the Threefold Praise for the One Crucified for Us".19 5) "From the 'Book of the Confession of the Fathers' ".20 6) "Christological Discussion".21 Abū Rāʾiṭah's argumentation against the Chalcedonian doctrine is based on: 1) the Bible, by mentioning some biblical verses and giving them an exegesis that demonstrates the wrong doctrine of the Melkites and the Orthodoxy of the Miaphysites;22 2) the faith of the three Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Ephesus (431);23 3) a correct use of metaphysics, by explaining how the metaphysical terms used in the Christian doctrine should be understood; 4) rational argumentations, syllogisms and analogies based on the tradition of the Syriac Aristotelian culture,24 in which Abū Rāʾiṭah probably shared,25 and on the way of making Kalām, mainly of the Muʿtazilites,26 the most influential Islamic school at the time of the author;27 5) liturgical it is considered as his fourth letter. Text number vii according to Graf's edition, Abū Rāʾiṭah, The Writings, 105-130 (text).

Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī’s Trinitarian Doctrine: Between Miaphysite Tradition and Islamic Challenge

Adamantius , 2021

Rivista del Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca su "Origene e la tradizione alessandrina" * Journal of the... more

The Christology of Ḥabīb’s chapters: New considerations

Symposium Syriacum XII. Held at St Lawrence College, Rome 19-21 August 2016. Organized by the Pontifical Oriental Institute on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration (1917-2017) , 2022

EVA MARÍA RODRIGO GÓMEZ, La libertà umana di fronte al peccato. Un approccio alla teologia morale... more

Virgin Mary Apostola Apostolorum in Arabo-Coptic Apocryphal Texts under the Fatimids: The Case of the Lament of the Virgin and the Martyrdom of Pilate

Apcrypha, 2021

The Virgin Mary has a prominent place in Coptic Literature, Liturgy and Theology. Scholars have a... more The Virgin Mary has a prominent place in Coptic Literature, Liturgy and Theology. Scholars have already studied some aspects of Coptic Mariology, but Mariology in Arabo-Coptic literature is yet to be researched, especially in apocryphal and pseudepigraphic patristic works. In this paper I aim to highlight this lacuna by examining the figure of the Virgin Mary in two Arabic apocryphal works – the Lament of the Virgin known also as the Arabic Gospel of Gamaliel and the Martyrdom of Pilate, written and redacted in Egypt during the 11th – 12th century, i.e., during the Islamic Fatimid dynasty. I will focus on the revival of the ancient tradition of Mary Apostola Apostolorum, according to which the Virgin was the first person to meet the risen Christ, and on the reasons behind this phenomenon. In fact, the important role that the Virgin Mary assumes in Arabic Christian apocryphal literature reflects the significant place she occupies in the Qurʾān and Islamic tradition, and therefore makes her the most appropriate figure to be used and instrumentalized as defender of Christian doctrines when Christians face difficult circumstances. She becomes the defender of the Christian faith against Islamic accusations of that period, i.e., the polemics against the resurrection of Christ. This paper, then, will bring to light, a new aspect of the veneration of Mary in mediaeval Egypt.

Miaphysite Syriac Patristic Florilegia and Theopaschisim: Abū Rāʾiṭah’s Defence of the Christological Trisagion Hymn

Annali di Scienze Religiose 14, 2022

This paper aims to highlight the original points the West-Syrian and Miaphysite theologian Abū Rā... more This paper aims to highlight the original points the West-Syrian and Miaphysite theologian Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī (d. 838) uses to defend the addition into the Trisagion hymn: his liturgical arguments, his biblical arguments, and his means of relating Theopaschism to what he maintains to be a proper metaphysical system. The main purpose of the essay, however, is to analyse the patristic quotations Abū Rāʾiṭah provides to support his position and to demonstrate its orthodoxy. A comparative analysis of these quotations with some Syriac florilegia compiled by Miaphysites between the eighth and ninth centuries demonstrates that Abū Rāʾiṭah had access to such florilegia and their sources and used them into creating his own florilegium.

The Trinitarian Doctrine of Ibn Aṭ-Ṭayyib: An Interpretation of Babai the Great‟S Metaphysical System in the World of Islam

The Trinitarian doctrine of Abū al-Farağ ʻAbd Allah Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib (10 th -11 th c.) may be consid... more The Trinitarian doctrine of Abū al-Farağ ʻAbd Allah Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib (10 th -11 th c.) may be considered a good example of an interpretation of the Trinitarian theology and metaphysical system of Babai the Great (7 c.). Babai made an effort to discern between metaphysical terms, such as: substance (kyānā), hypostasis (qnōmā), and person (parṣōpā), making a peculiar mixture of Cappadocian, Nestorian, i.e., East Syrian, and Antiochene theology. Ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib, however, did not make use of Babai‟s terminology. Particularly, although he explained the Trinitarian dogma in a similar way to Babai, he did not apply the term person (parṣōpā) to the Trinitarian theology. This paper aims to show the importance of the Trinitarian thought of Ibn aṭṬayyib. It also answers the following questions: 1) how was he able to make an excellent interpretation of Babai‟s thought in the language and ambient of Islam, and 2) why did he consider it the best way to explain the Trinitarian dogma to the Muslims? THE...

Metaphysics of Trinity in Graeco-Syriac Miaphysitism: A Study and Analysis of the Trinitarian Florilegium in MS BL Add. 14532

Studia graeco-arabica 11/1, 2021

This paper aims to study and analyse the Trinitarian doctrine of a Syriac Patristic florilegium o... more This paper aims to study and analyse the Trinitarian doctrine of a Syriac Patristic florilegium of Trinitarian content found in MS London, British Library, Add. 14532, in an attempt to understand the reasons that led to its composition. It will include an analysis of the development of Miaphysite metaphysics during the sixth and the seventh centuries, when the Miaphysites had to deal with various internal controversies, and an analytical presentation of the florilegium and of its contents, with an identification of the patristic quotations used by the compiler. The study of the theology and metaphysics of this florilegium will go on to demonstrate that the Miaphysites, starting from their Christology and
the problems it created in their Trinitarian doctrine, formulated a metaphysical system based on a new comprehension of “substance”, “hypostasis”, “property” and “monarchy” and developed what I call
“Miaphysite Trinitarian doctrine”.

Il simbolo sponsale come ponte tra le tradizioni greca e siriaca. Un approccio patristico-liturgico

L’uomo creato ad immagine e somiglianza di Dio secondo la teologia cristiana e musulmana

Teologia i Człowiek, 2016

* Bishara Ebeid-greco ortodosso e palestinese d'Israele-dottore in Scienze Ecclesiastiche Orienta... more

Can the Qur'ān be read in the light of Christ? Reflections on some Melkite authors and their use of the Holy Book of Islam

The first Scripture for Christians was the Old Testament, which, however, they read in the light ... more The first Scripture for Christians was the Old Testament, which, however, they read in the light of Christ. For them, in disagreement with the Jews themselves, the prophecies of the OT regarding the Messiah were realized in Jesus Christ. In this case, Christians read the OT differently than did Jews, who continued to read the OT according to their tradition while refusing to accept Christ as the Messiah. The Qur'ān, however, accepts that Jesus Christ was al-Masīḥ, but rejects the doctrines of the Trinity and of Christ as the incarnate Son of God the Father. This was, in fact, one of the main differences between the two religions. For their part, Christians, although they did not recognize prophecy in Muḥammad, used the Holy Book of Muslims in their different writings, especially as proof-texting for apologetic purposes. 1

EBEID Bishara, “Arab-Christian Theologies in Dialogue: Comparative Analysis of the Doctrines of the Melkite Saʻīd Ibn Baṭrīq, the Copt Sawīrus Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, and the Nestorian Elias of Nisibis”, in Vasile-Octavian Mihoc and Ryann Craig, eds., Contested Coexistence, Wiesbaden 2020, 63-90.

EBEID Bishara, “Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Hazim (1979-2012) of Antioch and his Perspective on Inter-Christian and Interreligious Dialogue” in Catalin-Stefan Popa and Adrian Mladinoiu, eds., From Polarization to Cohabitation on the New Middle East, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2020, 53-62.

Bishara EBEID, “The Melkite-Chalcedonian Reading of History: The Case of Eutychius of Alexandria and his Annals”, Aram 31 (2019), 51-83

Bishara Ebeid, "Christology and Monasticism. The case of Philoxenus of Mabbug", in Geevarghese Shajan Kuttiyil-George Ayyaneth, eds., Monasticism Meeting Modernity. Oriental Christian and Indian Perspectives and Challenges, Pune 2019, pp. 258-311

Bishara EBEID, “Esegesi Arabo-Cristiana primitiva: L’uso della Bibbia nei primi apologisti arabo-cristiani” in Cadernos Patrísticos – Textos e Estudos 10/19 (2016), 127-166

CLOHESSY Christopher Paul, Half of my Heart. The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of ‘Alī (Islamic History and Thought, 13), Gorgias Press, New Jersey 2018, in Islamochristiana 44 (2018), 435-439

SHARP Andrew, Orthodox Christians and Islam in the Postmodern Age (History of Christian Muslim Relations, 16), Brill, Leiden-Boston 2012, in Islamochristiana 44 (2018), 474-477.

essa era incastonata o anche riguardo al maqām Ibrāhīm, non omogenee e nemmeno in piena sintonia ... more essa era incastonata o anche riguardo al maqām Ibrāhīm, non omogenee e nemmeno in piena sintonia tra loro già nelle tradizioni dell'islām classico più accreditato. Il Damasceno, del resto, non faceva altro che attenersi alla pratica islamica nella misura in cui le persone gliele riferivano, forse sotto nomi che solo in seguito conobbero una loro precisa connotazione. La tesi dell'autore è quella di dimostrare, in ultima analisi, che non si debba parlare tanto di "confusione" o di "errore" in Giovanni Damasceno, quanto piuttosto di "confusione" presente nelle stesse tradizioni islamiche e questo anche a proposito dei quattro fiumi del paradiso che nel discorrere di Giovanni sono soltanto tre, come tre sono altresì in Teofane e nella lettera di Leone III. Che senso dare a siffatte discrepanze? Come armonizzare la figura del monaco Baḥīrā, che il Damasceno considera "un monaco ariano", con il premonitore dell'investitura profetica di Muḥammad quand'era ancora giovane o poco tempo prima che iniziasse la sua missione di inviato? Come, ancora, giustificare l'asserzione del Damasceno relativa alla circoncisione cui venivano assoggettate anche le bimbe dell'islām, pur non ricorrendo simile notizia in altre fonti a lui anteriori o coeve, come si è sempre ritenuto? Anche per tal materia, Schadler elenca una serie di fonti in grado di fare ancora una volta emergere come in effetti il Damasceno parlasse con cognizione di causa. Solo per enfatizzare questa sua tesi, e non per mero dilettantismo culturale o di inutile saccenteria, il nostro autore chiude il suo libro con una saggia digressione su Teodoro Abū Qurra (750-830), nato un secolo dopo la morte del Damasceno e forse anche lui monaco nel monastero di San Saba, che ebbe indubbia conoscenza delle sue opere, fu, come lui, educato nell'ortodossia sancita dal concilio di Calcedonia e, come lui, ebbe stretti contatti con Gerusalemme ed ebbe, come lui, una circostanziata conoscenza dell'islām. È sulla natura di queste affinità, dove con sufficiente margine o meno spessore, che chiude il suo studio Schadler, dando modo di stagliare sull'orizzonte della ricca letteratura cristiana sull'islām nascente e in fase di affermazione, questi due soli che con vigoria di pensiero e ampiezza di argomentazioni, hanno dato luce e lustro alla storia della teologia orientale.

Review of the book IHSSEN LLEWELLYN Brenda John Moschos Spiritual Meadow

Review of the Book PENN Michael Philip, Envisioning Islam.OCP 83, 2017, 535-539.PDF

Review of the book: Agapio di Gerapoli, Storia Universale [Studia Orientalia Christiana, Monographiae 21]. Introduzione, traduzione dall’arabo e note di Bartolomeo PIRONE, in OCP 79 (2013), 513-515

Review of the book: JORI Giacomo, ed., Ponzio Pilato. Storia di un mito (Biblioteca della rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa, studi XXVI), Leo S. Olschki Editore, Firenze 2013, in OCP 80 (2014), 533-536

Review of the book: Translating the bible into Arabic, Ostkirchliche Studien (61,2012)

Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad. Qamiṣ al-ṣūf wa-qiṣaṣ uḫrā. La camicia di lana ed altri racconti

Edizioni Ca' Foscari , 2023

La camicia di lana e altri racconti Tawfīq Yūsuf ʿAwwād; Bishara Ebeid (a cura di) © 2023 Bishara... more La camicia di lana e altri racconti Tawfīq Yūsuf ʿAwwād; Bishara Ebeid (a cura di) © 2023 Bishara Ebeid per i testi in lingua italiana © 2023 Edizioni Ca' Foscari per la presente edizione Il testo arabo di Tawfīq Yūsuf ʿAwwād che viene presentato in questo volume segue l'undicesima edizione di Qamīṣ al-ṣūf wa-qiṣaṣ uḫrā pubblicata nel 1985 dalla casa editrice Maktabat Lubnān (Beirut). Le traduzioni in lingua italiana presenti in questa edizione sono state realizzate a scopo di ricerca in ambito accademico. In aderenza alla politica editoriale Open Access dell'Editore e per favorirne la più ampia circolazione a scopo di studio, vengono qui pubblicate con una licenza di CC-BY che ne consente la libera consultazione e il libero utilizzo purché venga citata la presente edizione. Il testo arabo viene incluso a fronte allo scopo di favorire un confronto con la traduzione e per un più completo approfondimento scientifico della stessa. cb Le traduzioni italiane e il testo arabo a fronte qui pubblicati sono distribuiti con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione 4.0 Internazionale The Italian translations and the original Arabic text here published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Limitatamente alle sole traduzioni italiane qui pubblicate, qualunque parte può essere riprodotta, memorizzata in un sistema di recupero dati o trasmessa in qualsiasi forma o con qualsiasi mezzo, elettronico o meccanico, senza autorizzazione, a condizione che se ne citi la fonte. Limited to the Italian translations here published, any part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission provided that the source is fully credited. Certificazione scientifica delle opere pubblicate da Edizioni Ca' Foscari: il saggio pubblicato ha ottenuto il parere favorevole da parte di un valutatore esperto della materia, sotto la responsabilità del Comitato scientifico della collana. La valutazione è stata condotta in aderenza ai criteri scientifici ed editoriali di Edizioni Ca' Foscari. Scientific certification of the works published by Edizioni Ca' Foscari: the essay here published has received a favourable evaluation by a subject-matter expert, under the responsibility of the Scientific Committee of the series. The evaluations were conducted in adherence to the scientific and editorial criteria established by Edizioni Ca' Foscari.

Elias of Nisibis, The Book of the Demonstration of the correctness of the faith (Kitāb al-burhān ‘alā ṣaḥīḥ al-īmān)

UCOPress (CNERU)-Èditions de l’USJ (CEDRAC), 2023

Emiliano Fiori – Bishara Ebeid, eds., Florilegia Syriaca. Mapping a Knowledge – Organizing Practice in the Syriac World (Vigiliae Christianae Supplements, 179)

EBEID Bishara, ΠΟΝΤΙΟΣ ΠΙΛΑΤΟΣ: Άπιστος ή Πιστός; (Critical Approaches to the Bible, 25), OSTRACON, Thessaloniki 2020.

Το παρόν έργο πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας προστατεύεται από τις διατάξεις της ελληνικής νομοθεσίας (Ν... more Το παρόν έργο πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας προστατεύεται από τις διατάξεις της ελληνικής νομοθεσίας (Ν 2121/1993 όπως έχει τροποποιηθεί και ισχύει σήμερα) και από τις διεθνείς συμβάσεις περί πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας. Απαγορεύεται απολύτως, χωρίς γραπτή άδεια του εκδότη, η κατά οποιονδήποτε τρόπο ή οποιοδήποτε μέσο (ηλεκτρονικό, μηχανικό ή άλλο) αντιγραφή, φωτοανατύπωση, και εν γένει αναπαραγωγή, εκμίσθωση ή δανεισμός, μετάφραση, διασκευή, αναμετάδοση στο κοινό, σε οποιαδήποτε μορφή και η εν γένει εκμετάλλευση του συνόλου ή μέρους του έργου. Α΄ Έκδοση: Απρίλιος 2020 ‫أجدادي‬ ‫اح‬ ‫أرو‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫ّة،‬ ‫ورومي‬ ‫بشارة‬ ‫ونادية،‬ ‫وروز‬ ‫ّا‬ ‫حن‬ ‫ا،‬ ً ‫دائم‬ ‫ًا‬ ‫وعون‬ ‫ا‬ ً ‫دعم‬ ‫لي‬ ‫كانت‬ ‫اتهم‬ ‫فدعو‬ Στις ψυχές των παππούδων μου Bishara και Rūmiyyah, Hanna και Rose και Nādiyah, οι οποίοι ήταν πάντοτε δίπλα μου με τις προσευχές τους. «Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα» Πρόλογος Ο Πόντιος Πιλάτος, ο Ρωμαίος Επίτροπος (Praefectus) της Ιουδαίας από το 26/27 μέχρι το 36/37 μ.Χ., είναι για τους χριστιανούς μια ιδιαίτερα αμφιλεγόμενη προσωπικότητα.

Il Signore è il Mio Sposo

Bishara Ebeid - Vincenzo Brosco, Come Latte e Miele: Le Odi di Salomone

Ebeid, Elias of Nisibis, Commentary on the Creed

This book offers a critical edition and an English translation of the Commentary of the Creed (Ta... more This book offers a critical edition and an English translation of the Commentary of the Creed (Tafsīr al-amānah al-kabīrah) written by Elias, the then-called Nestorian Metropolitan of Nisibis (975-1046 AD). In his Commentary, Elias quotes sections of the Syriac text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed which his Church, the Oriental Church, adopted. For each section, he gives an Arabic translation and a brief interpretation. The editor, Bishara Ebeid presents the life of Elias in its historical context and offers a comparative analysis of the Syriac and the Arabic versions of the Creed in his Commentary. He makes remarks and he argues about the biblical quotations the author made in his interpretations and provides a study of the main doctrines developed by Elias, such as the Trinitarian and Christological doctrines. Elias’s Commentary is to be considered as an exposition of his Church’s faith in a polemic and apologetic way. In fact, he defends his position regarding the doctrines of the two major Oriental Churches, the Melkites and the Jacobites, and also regarding Islam and its accusations against Christians concerning the Trinity and the dogma of the Incarnation, God the Word.

La Tunica di al-Masīḥ La Cristologia delle grandi Confessioni Cristiane dell'oriente nel X e Xi secolo

The research deals with the presentation of the history of dogma, Trinitarian and Christological ... more

Massimo PAMPALONI – Bishara EBEID, eds., Costantino e l’Oriente. L’impero, i suoi confini e le sue estensioni, Atti del convegno di studi promosso dal PIO in occasione della ricorrenza costantiniana (313-2013) Roma 18 aprile 2013 (OCA 300), Roma 2016

by Bishara Ebeid and Massimo Pampaloni

Atti del convegno di studi promosso dal PIO in occasione della ricorrenza costantiniana (313-2013... more

Bible and Arab Christianity: Translation, Interpretation, and Context

The conference is devoted to the Bible among Arab Christians, with a particular focus on its tran... more The conference is devoted to the Bible among Arab Christians, with a particular focus on its translation from ancient languages into Arabic, the new “lingua franca” of the eastern Middle Ages. Some papers will also deal with the use of the Bible in Christian literature of controversy during the Abbasid Caliphate, while others will tackle the Biblical interpretations written in this period. A final panel will focus on the development of apocrypha in Arabic as a key reading for the understanding of Muslim-Christian relationships.