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Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Relation to the Bible [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Sources [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible Aramaic—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the Qurʼān. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the Qur'an

Summary note

• "This book is a literary and historical analysis of the Arabic Quran and Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the four canonical Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) dialects"-- Provided by publisher.
• "This book is a study of related passages found in the Arabic Qurʼan and the Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic dialects. It builds upon the work of traditional Muslim scholars, including al-Biqa'i (d. ca. 808/1460) and al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505), who wrote books examining connections between the Qur'an on the one hand, and Biblical passages and Aramaic terminology on the other, as well as modern western scholars, including Sidney Griffith who argue that pre-Islamic Arabs accessed the Bible in Aramaic. The Qur'ân and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions examines the history of religious movements in the Middle East from 180-632 CE, explaining Islam as a response to the disunity of the Aramaic speaking churches. It then compares the Arabic text of the Qur'ân and the Aramaic text of the Gospels under four main themes: the prophets; the clergy; the divine; and the apocalypse. Among the findings of this book are that the articulator as well as audience of the Qur'ân were monotheistic in origin, probably bilingual, culturally sophisticated and accustomed to the theological debates that raged between the Aramaic speaking churches. Arguing that the Qur'ân's teachings and ethics echo Jewish-Christian conservatism, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Religion, History, and Literature.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-274) and indexes.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

ISBN

• 9780415821230 ((hardback))
• 0415821231 ((hardback))
• 9781138668553 ((paperback))
• 1138668559 ((paperback))
• 9781315855981 ((e-book))
• 1315855984 ((e-book))

LCCN

2013024958

OCLC

851754519

RCP

H - S

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