Daniel J Crowther - Reading the Bible in Islamic Context

Series Editors: Ida Glaser and Shabbir Akhtar

This series represents an urgent theological initiative for the third millennium: purposeful interpretation of the Bible in contexts provided by Islam, especially the Quran. Biblical interpretation has affected the development of Western society and continues to be a key determinant of Christian and Jewish action worldwide; and Muslim views of the Bible and of how Jews and Christians interpret it are key determinants of Muslim views of non-Muslims. We therefore expect the series to produce novel perspectives on the continuing religious, political and ideological rivalries which divide the contemporary world as well as fresh insights into biblical texts.

The opening volume features scholarly work from a conference held in Oxford in September 2015 to explore the parameters of this innovative venture. Subsequent monographs explore a range of methodologies and deal with historical and cultural, as well as intertextual, dimensions of the interpretative task. Topics range from an Islamic commentary on a key New Testament epistle, through Christian readings of biblical themes in conversation with the Quran and its interpretations, to historical studies of Muslim engagement with the Bible.

1 Reading the Bible in Islamic Context

Quranic Conversations

Edited by Daniel J. Crowther, Shirin Shafaie,

Ida Glaser and Shabbir Akhtar

Reading the Bible in Islamic Context

Quranic Conversations

Edited by Daniel J. Crowther, Shirin Shafaie, Ida Glaser and Shabbir Akhtar

First published 2018

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Names: Crowther, Danny, editor. | Shafaie, Shirin, editor. | Akhtar, Shabbir,

1960editor.

Title: Reading the Bible in Islamic context : Quranic conversations / edited by

Danny Crowther, Shirin Shafaie, Ida Glaser and Shabbir Akhtar.

Description: New York : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Routledge biblical

interpretation in Islamic context series ; 1 | Includes bibliographical

references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017025916 | ISBN 9781138093577 (hbk) | ISBN

9781315106748 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: QuranRelation to the Bible. | BibleIslamic interpretations. |

BibleCriticism, interpretation, etc. | QuranCriticism, interpretation, etc. |

IslamRelations.

Classification: LCC BP134.B4 R43 2018 | DDC 220.6dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017025916

ISBN: 978-1-138-09357-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-10674-8 (ebk)

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