Medieval interfaith disputations never converted anyone but generated self-serving rival accounts.

Evidence

The result of the debate is what might have been expected: neither side succeeded in convincing the other, but each side claimed to have out-debated the other. Two accounts of the debate were subsequently composed, one in Latin and one in Hebrew, and of course they differ widely. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1188

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the ‘each side claims victory’ dynamic that vault sources (Aziz/Razack) trace into modern Islam-West oppositional identity — the disputation produced mirror-image narratives, an early template for the incommensurable archives.