The Bible and the Qur'an : a question of integrity / Steven Masood. [print]

Columbia International University Faculty Author

The Scriptures: the traditional views -- The Bible -- The Qur'an -- The Islamic and Christian views of revelation -- God's revelation in action -- The traditional view of the compilation of the Scripture -- Recension of the Qur'an and the Bible

Evidence of Reliability (1) -- The text of the Qur'an -- Available sources of the Qur'an -- The compilation under Abu Bakr -- The Uthmanic recension -- Early codices of the Qur'an -- The Ummayad and Abbasid period

Evidence of Reliability (2) -- The text of the Old Testament -- The lists of Old Testament books -- Translations of the Old Testament -- The evidence for the New Testament -- The testimonies of Jesus and the apostles -- So where do we stand?

The Qur'anic testimony -- The Tawrat -- The Zabur -- The Injil -- The theory of corruption -- Charges against the People of the Book -- The Qur'anic words -- The opinion of some prominent Muslims -- Differing views

Errors and contradictions? -- Historical errors in the bible -- Examples of Qur'anic historical errors -- Numerical discrepancies in the Bible -- Variants of the biblical text -- Missing and omitted verses -- Lost portions of the bible -- Contradictions within the text -- The Qur'anic contradictions -- The status of men of God -- Incompatible narratives -- Objections against the style and expression -- The human elements and errors in Scripture -- Contradictions between versions -- Corruption in translation

Are these truly the Scriptures? -- Is the Bible unknown to the Qur'an? -- The single Injil and Torah -- Several narratives of the Gospel? -- One Gospel? -- The original language of the Gospel -- The spread of the Pauline Gospel -- Isnad, a chain of transmission -- Asatir ul awalin, stories of times gone by -- Pagan origins -- Calamities

Questions concerning the Gospel of Barnabas -- Background of this gospel -- The content of this gospel -- The message of this gospel -- The writer of this gospel -- Evidence from history -- Evidence from Muslim history -- Evidence from the document -- The Gospel of Barnabas in conflict with Islam -- Ahmadiyya in Islam and this gospel

The inimitability of the Scriptures -- The challenge of the Qur'an -- Contextual background -- Style and diction: a proof of inspiration -- The difference between the Qur'an and non-Qur'anic texts -- Inimitability in accurate information and teaching -- Belief by conviction or fear -- Meeting the challenge -- The Ijaz al-Qur'an

The supremacy of the Scriptures -- Al-Naskh Wa al-Mansukh: The theory of abrogation -- The substitution of one revelation for another -- Confirmation, not abrogation -- The Qur'an: the final testament? -- One religion? -- Answers to everything?

Epilogue -- A recapitulation -- Points to Ponder

Steven Masood aims to reduce unnecessary conflict and misunderstanding between Christians and Muslims by discussing areas of common interest regarding each other's holy writings. He deals with differences frequently raised, using methods of scriptural criticism acceptable to both faiths and applying the same critical standards to both the Bible and the Qur'an. After establishing the integrity of these holy writings, he aims to encourage readers to progress to the message the Scriptures reveal; what they say about God, about prophecy and the hereafter. Why is God so interested in us and our eternal salvation? Masood's well-written and researched contribution to the Christian/Muslim dialogue will be well received by believers and students of either or both faiths. He gives scholarly insight and perspective to divergent and convergent aspects of the two sets of Scriptures, dealing at length with errors in copying and translation and analysing many specific objections of critical Muslims towards the Judaeo-Christian writings. He deals sensitively and impartially with common assumptions, allegations and untruths propagated by both Christians and Muslims, contributing to a better understanding of the revelation of God and its application

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