Comments on: A text describing different religions by Abu Qurra

By: Albocicade

Albocicade — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:28:23 +0000

A bit more of this text ? John Lamoreaux, who translated nearly all the texts of Abu Qurrah placed this on his site :
http://johnlamoreaux.com/jcl/lamoreaux_2005_taq_sample.pdf

By: A bit more of Abu Qurra at Roger Pearse

A bit more of Abu Qurra at Roger Pearse — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:28:42 +0000

[...] I thought that I would translate a little more from this text: [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:23:03 +0000

Fascinating Roger, if you have the time I would love to see more.

By: stephan huller

stephan huller — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:51:18 +0000

FWIW I read the French translation you provided. I don’t think it proves that Marcionites were still alive in the eighth century or that the author met members of this sect. It just seems like he assembled some information about the various religions and pretended he traveled the world to meet them. You’d figure if he had actually met these religions he’d contribute some useful tidbits rather than the most generic information about the sects. No names, places, anecdotes. It’s probably based on the most limited firsthand knowledge of the sects.

By: stephan huller

stephan huller — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:37:51 +0000

I had never even heard of this text. Would be interested to see what it might say about some of the sects. will pursue this. Thanks Roger