A History of Muslim Views of the Bible: The First Four Centuries

Martin Whittingham

Published by De Gruyter 2021

A History of Muslim Views of the Bible

The First Four Centuries

Martin Whittingham

Volume 7 in the series Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110335880

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About this book

This book is the first of two volumes that aim to produce something not previously attempted: a synthetic history of Muslim responses to the Bible, stretching from the rise of Islam to the present day. It combines scholarship with a genuine narrative, so as to tell the story of Muslim engagement with the Bible.

Covering Sunnī, Imāmī Shī'ī and Ismā'īlī perspectives, this study will offer a scholarly overview of three areas of Muslim response, namely ideas of corruption, use of the Biblical text, and abrogation of the text. For each period of history, the important figures and dominant trends, along with exceptions, are identified. The interplay between using and criticising the Bible is explored, as well as how the respective emphasis on these two approaches rises and falls in different periods and locations.

The study critically engages with existing scholarship, scrutinizing received views on the subject, and shedding light on an important area of interfaith concern.

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Author / Editor information

Martin Whittingham, The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, and the University of Oxford, UK.

Reviews

"... a unified and coherent intellectual history of Muslim engagement with the Bible. The book will prove a valuable resource for anyone wishing to step into that history and as a point of departure for more focused treatments of individual Muslim authors and/or genres of Islamic literature."
Diego Sarrió Cucarella, Islamochristiana 46 (2020) 533-535

"Brimming with fascinating detail, copiously footnoted with references to primary and secondary literature throughout, and carefully argued, A History of Muslim Views of the Bible is a most welcome, and indeed much needed contribution to the topic of Muslim engagement with the Bible. It not only sets the stage for future, perhaps more narrowly focused contributions to the field but manages to detect behind the copious data it examines a grand narrative of Muslim attitudes to the Bible."
Saqib Hussain, University of Oxford, Review of Qur’anic Research 8 (2022) no. 1, https://doi.org/10.5913/rqr2022v8.01

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
A Note on Conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Views of the Bible in the Qur’an and Earliest Commentaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. Hadith and Biographical Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Engaging on Many Fronts: Other Writings from the Early Centuries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
5. A Tale of Three Critics – and one Apostle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
6. Conclusions and Prospects: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Appendix: Qur’anic Verses on the Previous Scriptures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index of Subjects and Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index of Biblical References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index of Qur’anic References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 214
Keywords: Islam; biblical reception; Old Testament; New Testament; interreligious dialogue

eBook

Published: November 23, 2020
ISBN: 9783110335880

Hardcover

Published: November 23, 2020
ISBN: 9783110334944

Paperback

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110991444