The Miʿrāǧ of Muḥammad According to Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631-1667). Sources, Controversy and Christianization of an Islamic Tradition
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Abstract:
The article deals with an unknown Latin version of the miʿrāǧ the author has discovered in the Archive of the Pontifical
Gregorian University within an booklet written by Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631-1667), a Moroccan Muslim prince
converted to Christianity who then joined the Society of Jesus. The aim of the article will be to demonstrate how this Latin
miʿrāǧ relied on an Arabic source related to the ḥadīṯ literature. As a method for reaching our aim, we will make a comparative
study of the sources of which Baldassare may have had knowledge. We will further show the way Baldassarre tried not only to
polemicize with the Islamic tradition, but also the strategies he used for Christianizing it.
Gregorian University within an booklet written by Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631-1667), a Moroccan Muslim prince
converted to Christianity who then joined the Society of Jesus. The aim of the article will be to demonstrate how this Latin
miʿrāǧ relied on an Arabic source related to the ḥadīṯ literature. As a method for reaching our aim, we will make a comparative
study of the sources of which Baldassare may have had knowledge. We will further show the way Baldassarre tried not only to
polemicize with the Islamic tradition, but also the strategies he used for Christianizing it.
Tipologia CRIS:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Baldassarre Loyola Mandes, miʿrāǧ, Society of Jesus, Islam, Christianity, ḥadīṯ, controversy, Christian Muslim
relations, conversion
Elenco autori:
Stella, Federico
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