Part 1 is a comprehensive study of the Qur'anic data about each prophet, with a full portrait of every figure and dealing also with all the major scholarly literature on the subject and with the Qur'anic concept of prophetology. Part 2 is a history and study of the general Muslim literature dealing with the prophets.
Who is the 'Horned-One' who holds back Gog and Magog until the Day of Judgement? These are some of the questions answered in the oral sources and Quran commentaries on the stories of the prophets as they are understood by Muslims.
This book lays a good foundation for the comparison of scriptural and theological traditions of two world major religions and for generating further discussions.
This book lays a good foundation for the comparison of scriptural and theological traditions of two world major religions and for generating further discussions.
Discussion questions enable you to use this book in group studies
Relating the Muslim understanding of Moses in the Qur'an to the Epic of Gilgamesh, Alexander Romances, Aramaic Targums, Rabbinic Bible exegesis, and folklore from the ancient and medieval Mediterranean, this book shows how Muslim scholars ...
This book explains the role of a prophet and the relationship between the work of one prophet and another while sharing with you the names and lives of some of the prophets of Islam.
Principal focus centres on the similarities and differences between the presentations of these characters in the two texts, with special emphasis placed on how they appear in the Islamic text.
This collection of essays, presented at an international conference on Samson held in 2008 at the University of Nijmegen, studies the text of Judges 16-18, the reception history of the Samson traditions in later Jewish, Christian and ...
"This book will help Christians explore Islamic faith with missiological wisdom and Biblical precision, and gain insight in deepening Muslim friendships, promoting understanding and clarifying the Biblical Gospel."--
This book provides the answers you've been looking for to engage in open, honest discussions about Islam with Muslims and others.