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020 _a9780415821230 (hardback);9781315855981 (ebook)
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_bEMQ 2014
100 _aEl-Badawi, Emran Iqbal.
_924126
245 4 _aThe Qur'ān and the Aramaic gospel traditions /
_cEmran Iqbal El-Badawi.
300 _axix, 280 pages :
_billustrations, map
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 252-274) and indexes.
520 _a"This book is a literary and historical analysis of the Arabic Quran and Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the four canonical Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) dialects"--;"This book is a study of related passages found in the Arabic Qurʼan and the Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic dialects. It builds upon the work of traditional Muslim scholars, including al-Biqa'i (d. ca. 808/1460) and al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505), who wrote books examining connections between the Qur'an on the one hand, and Biblical passages and Aramaic terminology on the other, as well as modern western scholars, including Sidney Griffith who argue that pre-Islamic Arabs accessed the Bible in Aramaic. The Qur'ân and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions examines the history of religious movements in the Middle East from 180-632 CE, explaining Islam as a response to the disunity of the Aramaic speaking churches. It then compares the Arabic text of the Qur'ân and the Aramaic text of the Gospels under four main themes: the prophets; the clergy; the divine; and the apocalypse. Among the findings of this book are that the articulator as well as audience of the Qur'ân were monotheistic in origin, probably bilingual, culturally sophisticated and accustomed to the theological debates that raged between the Aramaic speaking churches. Arguing that the Qur'ân's teachings and ethics echo Jewish-Christian conservatism, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Religion, History, and Literature.
650 _aRELIGION / Biblical Studies / General.;RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings.;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
_924127
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