Islamic Tradition of Refutation and Taşköprizāde’s Risālah fī al-Radd ʿalā al-Yahūd

The tradition of muslim refutation of non-islamic religions began to produce its first products in the 9th century and continues its active existence today. one of the major religions to which refutations were written is judaism (the other is christianity). this criticism of judaism that initiated with the qur’an became a literary style that revolves around certain topics, as in the critiques of christianity. during the ottoman period, this tradition maintained its vitality regarding these determined issues. taşköprizāde continued this tradition with his work, namely risālah fī al-radd ʿalā al-yahūd. the risālah comprises four parts and proposes that judaism is not an eternal religion, muhammad was heralded in their scriptures, the torah was corrupted, and the crimes were those that jews attributed to their prophets. in the study, the copies of the risālah, the historical context in which it was written, the sources it used, the edited publication, and the translation of the text are discussed.