The author

Abjar Bahkou is Senior Lecturer of Arabic literature, culture and language at Baylor University. He received his Ph.D. in 2008 in Islamic Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies and his Ph.D. in Education in 1998 from Salesian Pontifical University both in Rome, Italy. He is fluent in Arabic, Syriac (Classical Aramaic), English, Italian, French and Hebrew (Biblical). He is the author of numerous publications on Islamic and Christian studies. One of which is the Christian Legend of Monk Bakira - See more at: http://www.baylorisr.org/scholars/b/abjar-bahkou/#sthash.NWODBVSP.dpuf

Table of contents

Foreword by Joel C. Elowsky
General Introduction

Chapter 1: Commentary on the Text
– Early eastern Christian Reactions to Islam
– The Main purpose of the Story
– Date and Authorship of the Text
– The Christian Story
– Bahīra the Enemy of the Cross
– The Apocalypse of Bahīra
– The Contents of the Encounter
– The Polemical and Religious Context of Bahīra
– The Mardin Manuscript
– Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Syriac Text
English Translation
Bibliography