Further Notes on the Word Ṣibgha in Qurʾān 2: 138

Recent scholarship on the interpretation of ṣibghat Allāh (lit., ‘the dye of God’) in Qurʾān 2:138 has trended in two directions. A moderate trend views the word ṣibgha as merely a caique of the Syriac word for baptism, maṣbūʿītā. Another recent, more radical approach regards ṣibgha as a product of...

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Main Author: Anthony, Sean W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2014]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-129
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
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