ʿAmr ibn Mattā al-Ṭīrhānī (XIs), Il Libro della Torre. «Kitāb al-Miǧdal», testo critico arabo e traduzione italiana e indici della sezione V, capitoli 4, 6 e 7 a cura di Gianmaria Gianazza. Edizioni del Gruppo di Ricerca Arabo-Cristiana.
Encyclopedic work in seven sections made up by thirty chapters, whose al-miǧdal title means "The Tower", compiled by ʿAmr Ibn Mattā al-Ṭirhānī (XI s.). The book is the critical Edition with front page italian Translation of Section 5th, chapters 4, 6 and 7.
In the Introduction, after the Foreword about the Praise of Science and Education, the Author, in a refined Arabic Language (in rhyming Prose saǧʿ), presents some Details about his Life and the Work he has undertaken, and in the first Section (the Exposition) He states that man, through Creation, must recognize the Creator, one and eternal, endowed with Reason, living and wise, declaring that Science leads to the Creator and to Faith; in the second Section (the Building) explains in the first Chapter (the Summit) the Unity of God, his Essence and his Attributes; in the second Chapter (the Foundation) he explains the Humanity and Divinity of Christ and in the third Chapter (the Construction) he talks about the Trinity. In Section 3rd, the Author presents the Columns of the Tower: Baptism, Sacrifice and Mass, the Gospel and the Cross.
In the fourth section presents the seven candelabra of the tower: piety, charity, prayer, fasting, mercy, humility, purity.
In the fifth section – the most developed of the entire work (chapter 5 of which has already been published in PCAC 22 and 23 Storia dei Patriarchi della Chiesa dell'Oriente («History of the Patriarchs of the Eastern Church») – the Author presents the pillars of the tower in seven chapters. In chapters 4, 6 and 7 (the present volume) he presents the true proofs regarding the coming of Christ, the councils gathered to establish the symbol of faith and nullify heretical innovations, and the collection of the books of the Old and New Testaments carried out by Christians.
