Arabic grammars and vocabularies originated in Christian liturgical contexts.
Evidence
I note in passing that the early Arabic vocabularies and grammars were associated with Christian Scripture and ritual (for references, see Dannenfeldt, bibliography, list C) ; this is true even of Kirsten, whose primary affection was for Avicenna. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2456
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Early Arabic study in Europe served Christian scripture and ritual (similarity 0.90)
- Seventeenth-century Arabic learning centered on scripture and lexicons. (similarity 0.80)