Abdul M. Saadi Lecture

9th century Syriac Exegete and Apologist: Moshe Bar Kephas Commentary on Luke

Moshe Bar Kepha, as a churchman, exegete and apologist, lived in the time and place of the most troubled center of the Abbasid Empire, witnessing the consequences of its policies upon the Christian communities.ÃĮâ€â„¢Ãƒ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãĉ€šÂ  The most daring policy was the Islamization policy of Caliph al-Mutawakkel (d. 861), under which Christianity was not merely assailed as a false faith, but also as a social evil.