Research Catalog

Title

Muslim perceptions and receptions of the Bible : texts and studies / Camilla Adang and Sabine Schmidtke.

Author

Adang, Camilla

Publication

• Atlanta, Georgia : Lockwood Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Schmidtke, Sabine

Description

xii, 482 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

The articles brought together in this volume deal with Muslim perceptions and uses of the Bible in its wider sense, including the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament as well as the New Testament, albeit with an emphasis on the former scripture. While Muslims consider the earlier revelations to the People of the Book to have been altered to some extent by the Jews and the Christians and abrogated by the Qur n, God's final dispensation to humankind, the Bible is at the same time venerated in view of its divine origin, and questioning this divine origin is tantamount to unbelief. Muslim scholars approached and used the Bible for a variety of purposes and in different ways. Thus Muslim historians regularly relied on biblical materials as their primary source for the pre-Islamic period when discussing the creation as well as the history of the Israelites and the prophets preceding Mu ammad. Authors seeking to polemicize against Jews and Christians were primarily interested in the presumed biblical annunciations of Mu ammad and his religion and / or in perceived contradictions and cases of internal abrogation in the Bible. These various concerns resulted from and had an impact on the ways in which Muslim authors accessed the scriptures.

Series Statement

Resources in Arabic and Islamic studies ; number 11

Uniform Title

Resources in Arabic and Islamic studies ; no. 11.

Subjects

• Bible
• Bible > Islamic interpretations
• Islam > Relations > Christianity
• Islamic interpretations of sacred works
• Christianity and other religions > Islam

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-453) and indexes.

Language (note)

• Primarily in English; includes some text in Arabic.

Contents

Surveys -- The Sunni tradition -- The Šīʻī tradition -- The Ottoman world.

Call Number

JFF 19-2696

ISBN

• 1948488205
• 9781948488204

OCLC

1082444043

Author

Adang, Camilla, author.

Title

Muslim perceptions and receptions of the Bible : texts and studies / Camilla Adang and Sabine Schmidtke.

Publisher

Atlanta, Georgia : Lockwood Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Resources in Arabic and Islamic studies ; number 11

Resources in Arabic and Islamic studies ; no. 11.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-453) and indexes.

Language

Primarily in English; includes some text in Arabic.

Added Author

Schmidtke, Sabine, author.

Research Call Number

JFF 19-2696