Ibn Al-Tayyib’s Commentary on Genesis
$123.70
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
The first English-language translation of a major biblical commentary written in Arabic by a seminal figure in the history of Christianity in the Middle East.
Abū-l-Faraj ibn al-Ṭayyib (d. 1043) spent his adult life in Baghdad, where he served as a priest in the Church of the East around the turn of the first millenium. He was a polymath – a physician, philosopher, and theologian – and part of an illustrious line of teachers dedicated to the transmission of scientific…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781531514846 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1531514847 |
| Author: | Stephen J. Davis, Dominique Sirgy, Abū-l-Faraj ibn al-Ṭayyib, Deirdre Dempsey, Safwat Marzouk |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press |
| Imprint: | Fordham University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Christian Arabic Texts in Translation |
Stephen J. Davis
Abū-l-Faraj ibn al-Ṭayyib (Author)
Abū-l-Faraj ibn al-Ṭayyib (d. 1043) lived in Baghdad from the late tenth to the middle of the eleventh century. A priest of the Church of the East, he was active as a translator of Greek scientific and philosophical texts into Arabic and as an author of major works on theology and biblical interpretation. His Commentary on Genesis is translated here into English for the first time.
Stephen J. Davis (Introducer)
Stephen J. Davis is Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History at Yale University. He is executive director of the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project (YMAP) and editor-in-chief of the Christian Arabic Texts in Translation series.
Dominique Sirgy (Introducer)
Dominique Sirgy is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of South Carolina, specializing in Islamic and Eastern Christian theology, philosophy, science, and manuscript cultures.
Deirdre Dempsey (Translator)
Deirdre Dempsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Marquette University. She was a contributor to the limited revision of the NABRE Old Testament (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops).
Safwat Marzouk (Translator)
Safwat Marzouk is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary. He is the author of Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel (2015), and Intercultural Church: A Biblical Vision in an Age of Migration (2019).
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