{"id":14869,"date":"2026-08-03T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/?p=14869"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:59:35","slug":"der-koran-im-dialog-mit-syrischem-christentum-wiederkehrende-motive-und-transformationen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/en\/2026\/08\/03\/der-koran-im-dialog-mit-syrischem-christentum-wiederkehrende-motive-und-transformationen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Qur\u02be\u0101n in Dialogue with Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Transformations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The influence of Late Antique Syriac texts on the Qur\u02be\u0101n has been a subject of scholarly discussion for a long time. This is also the focus of the volume \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/73853?srsltid=AfmBOop60WHqTx8o53plInziiRTtpGU6vkRggjofduoQxKoJOzuH-2Xn\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/73853?srsltid=AfmBOop60WHqTx8o53plInziiRTtpGU6vkRggjofduoQxKoJOzuH-2Xn\">The Qur\u02be\u0101n and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs<\/a>\u201d, edited by Ana Daitashvili. The book examines recurring motifs that appear both in the Qur\u02be\u0101n and in Syriac Christian texts. In this context, \u201cSyriac\u201d refers primarily to the Syriac language and the Christian traditions associated with it in Late Antiquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The volume also includes an article by Christian Lange entitled \u201cLife as a Spiritual Struggle with the Evil One in Pre-Islamic Syriac Texts: The Theological Background to the Qur\u02beanic Idea of Spiritual Jih\u0101d?\u201d. In this contribution, Lange explores whether pre-Islamic Syriac ascetic texts may have provided a theological foundation against which the Qur\u02be\u0101nic concept of a \u201cspiritual\u201d or \u201cinner\u201d jih\u0101d can be understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Intertextuality and Transformation: The Qur<\/strong><strong>\u02be<\/strong><strong>\u0101<\/strong><strong>n in Dialogue with Its Syriac Christian Milieu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More specifically, the volume addresses a number of questions intended to illuminate both connections and differences between these traditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> Which themes and motifs recur in both traditions?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exclusivity:<\/strong> Are these motifs found exclusively in Syriac texts, or do they also appear in other sources (e.g., Jewish or Greek traditions)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theological Relevance:<\/strong> How important are Syriac texts for understanding Qur\u02be\u0101nic theology in comparison with other contemporary influences?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distinction and Transformation:<\/strong> How does the Qur\u02be\u0101n adapt these Christian concepts in order to formulate its own distinct theological message?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian Lange\u2019s contribution opens the second part of the volume, which is devoted to non-military and military forms of jih\u0101d. He examines the extent to which Syriac texts, with their understanding of life as a spiritual struggle against evil, may have provided a basis for the concept of spiritual jih\u0101d. He also demonstrates how the Qur\u02be\u0101n appropriates various Christian motifs while removing them from their original Christian context. In addition, he discusses the differences between the texts and highlights which models or motifs found in Syriac traditions do not play a role in the Qur\u02be\u0101n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Qur\u02be\u0101n and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs\u201d is volume 28 of the series \u201cTexts and Studies on the Qur\u02be\u0101n\u201d. Published by Brill, the series releases approximately one volume per year and features scholarly works devoted to the study of the Qur\u02be\u0101n and its interpretation from a variety of perspectives. Its publications focus on the Qur\u02be\u0101nic text itself as well as its interpretation, transmission, and impact in both past and present contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 \u00a0<strong>You can find the complete volume <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/73853?srsltid=AfmBOop60WHqTx8o53plInziiRTtpGU6vkRggjofduoQxKoJOzuH-2Xn\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/73853?srsltid=AfmBOop60WHqTx8o53plInziiRTtpGU6vkRggjofduoQxKoJOzuH-2Xn\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intertextual Connections Between the Quran and Syrian Christianity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6070,"featured_media":14861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rrze_cache":"enabled","expiration_date":"","expiration_date_gmt":"","expiration_enabled":false,"_rrze_multilang_single_locale":"en_GB","_rrze_multilang_single_source":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/?p=14857","_faue_teaser_image_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-start","en-GB"],"faue_teaser_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14870,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions\/14870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}