Dionysius Bar Ṣalībī’s Works in the Mingana Collection of Syriac and Arabic Manuscripts, with special emphasis on his Polemical Treatise ‘Against the Muslims’*

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive survey of these seminal writings which have survived in the Mingana Collection of Syriac Manuscripts, arranged according to the subject matter, together with a brief analysis of their contents as well as a consideration of their value. Special emphasis will be laid on Bar Ṣalībī’s Polemical Treatises, and in particular his Treatise Against the Muslims.