Lunchtime Reading Group

Wednesdays MT 2025 Weeks 1-8, 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Seminar Room 58, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG
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Image Credit: Vatican Library, Ms. Syr. 559 Last folio (rulers)

 

Lunchtime Reading Group

Introduction to the Commentary on the Psalms

Abū al-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al‑Ṭayyib al-ʿIrāqī (d 1043)

Time:  1:30 – 2:30pm, Wednesdays MT25 W1-8

Location: Seminar Room 58

Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

 

An open book with arabic writing</p> <p>AI-generated content may be incorrect.Ibn al-Ṭayyib was a polymathic physician, scholar, translator, theologian, and priest of the Nestorian church whose biblical commentaries exerted great influence in the Medieval Christian Arab world. Join us as we translate the introduction to his Commentary on the Psalms. The opportunity includes:

  • Practice reading a 12th century Christian Arabic manuscript and comparing it critically with a printed edition. 
  • A chance to learn reading and translation skills from experts in medieval Christian Arabic texts
  • Light refreshments courtesy of the TORCH network.

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Intermediate/Advanced Arabic skills required. Contact Dr Steven Firmin steven.firmin@theology.ox.ac.uk for more information.

Lunchtime Reading Group Schedule.

 

The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology, TORCH Networks