The Apology of Al-Kindy

12	THE APOLOGY OF AL KINDY.

Contradictory Passages	Page 96
War as a Divine Remedy	101
Martyrs, Moslem and Christian	103
Temporal Inducements	107
Intercession of Mahomet	109
The Trinity defended	110
Adoration of the Cross	111
The Fāteha	112
CHRISTIANITY described	114
Old Testament Prophecies	114
Jewish Scriptures uncorrupted	114
Life of Christ	116
Ministry of the Apostles	119
Miracles no longer needed	120
Conclusion	122

THE APOLOGY OF AL KINDY.

AN ESSAY ON ITS AGE AND AUTHORSHIP.

[Read before the Royal Asiatic Society.]

AL BĪRŪNI, in his "Vestiges of Ancient Nations," written A.D. 1000 (A.H. 390), while describing the customs of the Sabeans, cites the authority of Ibn Ishāc al Kindy, the Christian, in these words:—

Likewise Abd al Masīh ibn Ishāc al Kindy, the Christian, in his reply to the Epistle of Abdallah ibn Ismaīl the Hāshimite, relates of them (the Sabeans) that they are notorious for Human sacrifice, but that at present they are not able to practise openly the same.¹

A work answering the above description has recently been published by the Turkish Mission Aid Society, in Arabic, under the following title : "The Epistle

¹ "Chronology of Ancient Nations," p. 187, by Dr. Sachau. London, 1879.