The present study examines social history of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement from perspective Christian communities that participated in it. Special attention is given to Melkite and Nestorian translators active ʿAbbāsid Baghdad – late eighth-century translator al-Biṭrīq famous ninth-century Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq complex interactions between Melkites Nestorians, which involved both competitio...