The Gospels in Islamic Context

Bringing together scholars from across the world, this publication shows Christians and Muslims - individually or together - reading the canonical Gospels of the New Testament in 'conversation' with Islamic texts and contexts.

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Georgina L. Jardim is a Research Associate of the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford and Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

Ida Glaser is the founder of the Center for Muslim and Christian Studies Houston, USA as well as International Academic Coordinator of the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford, UK.

Shirin Shafaie is an associate research fellow and member of the Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam project at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies in Oxford.

Inhalt

0.Introduction - Introduction: Readers, Texts and Contexts. Part A: Foundations for Conversation, The injil and the Gospels: Meaning and Status. 1.Good News: Greek euangelion, Arabic inj l and Modern Qur an and Bible Translations in Islamic Contexts. 2.What are the Gospels? A Christian Reflection. 3.Balaaghi and the Canonical Gospels. 4.Authenticating the New Testament Gospels from a Sunnite Perspective. Part B: Seven Conversations, 1. Islamic Literature on Jesus: Where are the Canonical Gospels? 5.Biblical Allusions in Persian Literature: Persian Poets in the Footsteps of the Christian Tradition. 6.A Colloquy of God with Jesus: New Testament Parallels in an Early Collection of Sayings of Jesus in Islam. 2. Translation: Words in Context. 7.The First Gospel in Arabic: The Islamic Context. 8.Kitab Suci Injil: Its Significance for Reading the Matthean Nativity Story in the Indonesian Islamic Context. 3. Birth Narratives: A Shared Story? 9.The Virgin Mary's Birth and Early Life in Three Narratives: New Testament, Qur'an, and Biblical Apocrypha. 10.Redeeming Zechariah: Silence as Mercy in Luke 1 and Q3 and Q19. 4. Signs: A Shared Category? 11.Miracles as Signs? Revisiting Jesus' Gospel Miracles in the Light of Medieval Muslim Critique. 12.Signs of God in the Qur'an and the Gospel of John: Persuading the Audience to Believe. 5. Barzakh and Paradise: A Shared Concept? 13.The Qur an and the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Crossing Over Barriers. 14.'Today You will Be with Me in Paradise' - Reading Luke 23:43 in Islamic Contexts. 6. Reading in Context. 15.Respecting Mary: Woman, Mother or Inconsequential? Reconsidering John 2:4 in the Context of Islam. 16.Chapter Sixteen - Contesting the Meaning of the Sheep and the Goats: Variations on Contemporary Indonesian Christians' Readings of Matthew 25:31 46. 7. Reading the Sermon on the Mount. 17.By whose Authority? Sayyid Ahmad Khan (d. 1898) and the Authors of the Christian New Testament. 18.The Sermon on the Mount Reading Group.