Overview

The Bible and the Qur`an share a common layer of discourse based on stories and legends associated with certain paradigmatic characters like Noah, Abraham, and Moses. Yet most biblical scholars are unfamiliar with the rich contents of Islamicate scriptural lore. The nine essays in the present volume, all from scholars who center their research on the intersections of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literary traditions, explore various aspects of the textual and behavioral connections discernible among these three major Near Eastern religious communities. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Bible and biblical lore, particularly in diverse exegetical contexts; Biblicists interested in the reception history of Bible within the Islamicate cultural sphere; specialists in ancient and medieval Jewish literary history and folklore; scholars of eastern Christian history and literature; Islamicists with an interest in the Jewish and/or Christian textual and exegetical elements visible in early and medieval Islam. Contributors include Fred Astren, Reuven Firestone, Sidney H. Griffith, Brian M. Hauglid, Kathryn Kueny, Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Gordon D. Newby, John C. Reeves, Vernon K. Robbins, and Brannon M. Wheeler. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Full Product Details

Author:   J. Reeves
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   24
Dimensions:   Width: 16.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9789004127265

ISBN 10:   9004127267
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 January 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

The Qur`an and the Bible: Some Modern Studies of Their Relationship, Reuven Firestone; A Prolegomenon to the Relation of the Qur`an and the Bible, Vernon K. Robbins and Gordon D. Newby; Some Explorations of the Intertwining of Bible and Qur`an, John C. Reeves; Israel and the Torah of Muhammad, Brannon M. Wheeler; On the Early Life of Abraham: Biblical and Qurnic Intertextuality and the Anticipation of Muhammad, Brian M. Hauglid; The Prediction and Prefiguration of Muhammad, Jane Dammen McAuliffe; The Gospel, the Qur'an, and the Presentation of Jesus in al-Ya`qubi's Ta'rikh, Sidney H. Griffith; Abraham's Test: Islamic Male Circumcision as Anti/Ante-Covenantal Practice, Kathryn Kueny; De-Paganizing Death: Aspects of Mourning in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Islam, Fred Astren; Index of Citations Index of Ancient and Medieval Authorities Index of Modern Authors

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John C. Reeves, Ph.D. (1989) in Hebraic and Cognate Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, is Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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