An unyielding clash of orthodoxies: Ibn Taymiyya and the Mediaeval religious controversy on the interpretation of the Koran

Presentación y traducción anotada de un capítulo de al-Ǧawāb al-a īli-manbaddala dīn al-Masī del célebre jurista y teólogo ḥanbalí Aḥmad b. Taymiyya (m. 1328). En este capítulo, Ibn Taymiyya discute dos importantes pasajes de la cristología coránica: Corán 3,59, donde se compara la creación extraordinaria de Jesús con la creación de Adán, y Corán 4,171, que sugiere una relación especial entre Jesús y Dios al describirlo como «Su palabra» y «un espíritu que procede de él».Presentation and annotated translation of a chapter from the al-Ǧawāb al-aīli-man baddala dīn al-Masī by the famous Ḥanbali jurist and theologian Aḥmad b. Taymiyya (d. 1328). In this chapter, Ibn Taymiyya discusses two important passages dealing with Koranic Christology: Koran 3,59, in which the extraordinary creation of Jesus is compared to that of Adam; and Koran 4,171, in which a special relationship between Jesus and God is suggested when the former is described as «His word» and «a spirit emanating from Him»