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Intertwined Worlds : Medieval Islam and Bible Criticism /

Exploring the lively polemics among Jews, Christians, and Muslims during the Middle Ages, Hava Lazarus-Yafeh analyzes Muslim critical attitudes toward the Bible, some of which share common features with both pre-Islamic and early modern European Bible criticism. Unlike Jews and Christians, Muslims d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazarus-Yafeh, Hava (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO. Muslim Arguments against the Bible
  • CHAPTER THREE. Ezra-'Uzayr: The Metamorphosis of a Polemical Motif
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Muslim Bible Exegesis: The Prediction of Muhammad and Islam
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Muslim Authors and the Problematics of Arabic Translations of the Bible
  • CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion: From Late Antiquity to the Beginnings of Modern Bible Criticism
  • Appendix: Jewish Knowledge of, and Attitudes toward, the Qur'an
  • List of Biblical Verses Cited
  • List of Qur'anic Verses Cited
  • Index.