Gabriel Said Reynolds - The Quran and its Biblical Subtext

Theand Its Biblical Subtext

This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet proposing instead that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture. The in its use of allusions, depends on the Biblical knowledge of its audience. However, medieval Muslim commentators, working in a context of religious rivalry, developed stories that separate and Bible, which this book brings back together.

In a series of studies involving the devil, Adam, Abraham, Jonah, Mary, and Muhammad among others, Reynolds shows how modern translators of the have followed medieval Muslim commentary and demonstrates how an appreciation of the Biblical subtext uncovers the richness of the discourse. Presenting unique interpretations of thirteen different sections of the based on studies of earlier Jewish and Christian literature, the author substantially re-evaluates Muslim exegetical literature. Thus Theand Its Biblical Subtext, a work based on a profound regard for the literary structure and rhetorical strategy, poses a substantial challenge to the standard scholarship of Studies. With an approach that bridges early Christian history and Islamic origins, the book will appeal not only to students of the but to students of the Bible, religious studies, and Islamic history.

Gabriel Said Reynolds is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Notre Dame (USA). He works on Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations and is the author of A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu, the translator al-Jabbrs A Critique of Christian Origins, and the editor of Thein Its Historical Context.

Theand Its Biblical Subtext

Gabriel Said Reynolds

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