A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu ʻAbd Al-Jabbār and the Critique of Christian Origins

In this examination of an extraordinary Islamic anti-Christian polemic, the author describes Q 'Abd al-Jabb?r's life, his intellectual heritage and the sectarian controversy of his day. Thus the reader will discover how, and why, a Muslim theologian reinterpreted Christian scripture, history and practice to develop an Islamic doctrine of Christianity.