Bible and Qurʼān: Essays in Scriptural IntertextualityJohn C. Reeves The Bible and the Qur'?n share a common layer of discourse based on stories and legends associated with certain paradigmatic characters like Noah, Abraham, and Moses. Yet most biblical scholars are unfamiliar with the rich contents of Islamicate scriptural lore. The nine essays in the present volume, all from scholars who center their research on the intersections of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literary traditions, explore various aspects of the textual and behavioral connections discernible among these three major Near Eastern religious communities. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Bible and biblical lore, particularly in diverse exegetical contexts; Biblicists interested in the reception history of Bible within the Islamicate cultural sphere; specialists in ancient and medieval Jewish literary history and folklore; scholars of eastern Christian history and literature; Islamicists with an interest in the Jewish and/or Christian textual and exegetical elements visible in early and medieval Islam. Contributors include Fred Astren, Reuven Firestone, Sidney H. Griffith, Brian M. Hauglid, Kathryn Kueny, Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Gordon D. Newby, John C. Reeves, Vernon K. Robbins, and Brannon M. Wheeler. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
Contents
A Prolegomenon to the Relation of the Quran and the Bible | 23 |
Some Explorations of the Intertwining of Bible and Quran | 43 |
Israel and the Torah of Muhammad | 61 |
Biblical and Quranic | 87 |
The Prediction and Prefiguration of Muhammad | 107 |
The Gospel the Quran and the Presentation of Jesus | 133 |
Islamic Male Circumcision | 161 |
Aspects of Mourning in Rabbinic | 183 |
| 201 | |
Index to Citations of Bible Jewish and Christian | 219 |
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Abraham Geiger Adam Ahmad al-bayan al-Dın al-Qur’an al-Tabarı al-Ya‘qubı Allah angels Arabic Baidawı Beirut biblical Brill Brinner Cairo camel meat canonical century circumcision cited context covenant death discourse early Islamic Edited Enoch exegesis exegesis of Q exegetical fitra food prohibitions Geiger Genesis God’s Gospel hadıth Hebrew Bible Houtsma Ibid Ibn Abbas Ibn al-Jawzı Ibn Hisham Ibn Ishaq Ibn Kathır Ibrahım idols Idrıs interpretation Islamic Islamic tradition Israel Israelites Jacob prohibited jahiliyyah Jewish and Christian Jews John John Wansbrough Judaism Ka‘b Kitab Legends Leiden literary literature Lord mention messenger Midrash Moses motif Muhammad Muslim narrative Nimrod Noah pagan passages polemical practice pre-Islamic Princeton Prophet Muhammad Qisas al-anbiya Qur’an rabbinic reference religious repr revelation rhetorical ritual sacrifice says scholars scripture sinews Sıra sources story Studies Syriac Ta’rıkh Tabarı Tafsır Tawrat Testament textual tion Torah trans translation verses vols Wansbrough