The Qur'an's Reformation of Judaism and Christianity: Return to the Origins

ISBN-13: 9781138567337 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 358 str.

Holger Zellentin

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This volume explores the relationship between the Qur’an and aspects of the Jewish and Christian tradition in the spirit of continuity and reform.

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Notes on contributors  1. The Qur’an and the reformation of Judaism and Christianity  Holger M. Zellentin  Part I: The Qur’an, the Bible, and the Islamic tradition  2. What would Ibn Taymiyya make of intertextual study of the Qur’an? The challenge of the isrāʾīliyyāt  Jon Hoover  3. Prophecy and writing in the Qur’an, or why Muhammad was not a scribe Islam Dayeh  4. A "Religious Transformation in Late Antiquity": Qur’anic refigurations of pagan-Arab ideals based on biblical models Angelika Neuwirth  5. Meccan Gods, Jesus’ divinity: an analysis of sura 43 (al-Zukhruf) Walid A. Saleh  Part II: The Qur’an and the Bible  6. Gentile purity law from the Bible to the Qur’an: the case of sexual purity and illicit intercourse Holger M. Zellentin  7. David and Solomon: antecedents, modalities and consequences of their twinship in the Qur’an Geneviève Gobillot  Part III: The Qur’an and Judaism  8. Pharaoh’s submission to God in the Qur’an and in rabbinic literature: a case study in Qur’anic intertextuality  Nicolai Sinai  9. The eschatological counter-discourse in the Qur’an and in the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin, 90b-91a Mehdi Azaiez  Part IV: The Qur’an and Christianity  10. Thrice upon a time: Abraham’s guests and the study of intra-Qur’anic parallels Joseph Witztum  11. "Killing the prophets and stoning the messengers": two themes in the Qur’an and their background Gerald Hawting 12. On the Qur’an and Christian heresies Gabriel Said Reynolds  13. Reflections on the Qur’an, Christianity, and intertextuality Mary B. Cunningham Index of Qur'anic references

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Holger M. Zellentin teaches Judaism at the University of Cambridge. His research interests include Talmudic culture and Qur’anic law; his publications include Rabinic Parodies of Hewish adn Christian Literature (2011) and The Qurʾān’s Legal Culture: The Didascalia Apostolorum as a Point of Departure (2013).