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Author Wessels, Anton

Title The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an : Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale
Published Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; I. "A Tale of Two Cities" In History; II. Is Muhammad One of the Prophets?; III. The Choice Before the Human Being: Caliph or King?; IV. Exodus from Babel to Jerusalem, Hijra from Mecca to Medina; V. The Ideals and the Reality of the Promised City, the Land, and the Earth; VI. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba/Bilqîs In Jerusalem; VII. Violence In the City; VIII. Prayer of Intercession for the City of Sodom; IX. What Threatens the City? Gog and Magog: Mammon and Moloch
X. How Is the Victory Over the Cities Viewed?XI. To Whom Does the Victory Belong?; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary Discussing the Bible and the Qur'an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues that all three traditions must read the Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, the three books, in the end, are actually one tale.Wessels accepts Muhammad as a prophet and takes the Qur'an seriously as Holy Scripture along with the Old and New Testaments -- without giving up his own Christian convictions. Respectfully reading the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an together, he argues, is of crucial importance: our world often sees these religious books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution to them
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Subject Sacred books -- History and criticism
Abrahamic religions.
Abrahamic religions.
Sacred books.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Wolterstorff, Nicholas
ISBN 9781467439268
1467439266