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The Indiculus luminosus

Name: The Indiculus luminosus
Brand: Liverpool University Press
SKU: 9781835538432
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Contributors:

Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Religion, History, Literary Collections

Book Subcategory:

History, Islamic, Medieval

Series:

Translated Texts for Historians #84

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Release Date:

2024-10-01

ISBN 13:

9781835538432

Weight:

0.72 lbs

Size:

8.27 x 5.83 x 0.57 inches

Pages:

272

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Paul Alvarus wrote the Indiculus luminosus in 854 in response to the executions of a number of C?rdoban Christians, beginning with the monk Isaac in 851, who had denounced Muhammad in public. The first half of the treatise offers an extended apologia in defence of the militant actions of these spontaneous blasphemers. In the second half, Alvarus argues at length, on the basis of key passages in Daniel and Job, that Muhammad was a precursor to Antichrist. Alvarus undertook this exegetical project not only to create a context within which the actions of the C?rdoban blasphemers would make sense, but to criticize the C?rdoban Christian leadership at the time for being too cosy with the local Islamic rulers. While Alvarus relied on Jerome's Commentary on Daniel and Gregory's Moralia in Iob, he transcended them, offering a truly novel exegesis. In the process, he shed important light on the nature of Christian life under Islamic rule and demonstrated a surprisingly deep knowledge of Islam. The Indiculus luminosus is the perfect complement to the writings of his friend, Eulogius, who may in fact have encouraged Alvarus to undertake this task.

About the Author
Kenneth Baxter Wolf is the John Sutton Miner Professor of History and Professor of Classics at Pomona College, USA. His many publications include Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain (revised edition 1999) and The Eulogius Corpus (2019) in the Translated Texts for Historians series, and The Life and Afterlife of St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Testimony from Her Canonization Hearings (OUP 2011).

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