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Clear searchSources behind Qur’anic narratives
Revelation or Reception? Sources behind Qur’anic narratives The Qur’an did not emerge in a cultural vacuum. It appeared in a world alive with biblical names, Jewish interpretation, Christian preaching, sectarian disagreement, devotional le…
Read article →The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an
…es the women from Galilee seeing the tomb and how His body was laid (Luke 23:49, 55). The narratives do not describe an unidentified victim hurried away without recognition. They place Jesus among followers who knew Him, opponents who had sought His death and Roman soldiers carry…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…abia belonged to the wider world of late antiquity. Jewish, Christian and other religious narratives circulated through preaching, conversation, trade, worship and oral retelling. A person need not read a Syriac manuscript to encounter a story carried by people. None of this prov…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…rship of Jesus is not an accidental gesture in an ambiguous scene. It is where the Gospel narratives arrive. He claims the cloud-coming throne Jesus' preferred title, "Son of man", can sound like a modest way of saying that He is human. It certainly includes genuine humanity. But…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…s given to Moses and the Qur'an to Muhammad. The four canonical Gospels, by contrast, are narratives about Jesus written by later authors. Paul's letters are later still and cannot simply be identified with a book given to Jesus. An informed Muslim may also argue that the Qur'an…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…the earliest evidence. Jesus repeatedly prepares His disciples for His death. The passion narratives identify the place, political authority, religious controversy, public procession, witnesses, execution method, burial and empty tomb. Paul preserves an early summary of the apost…
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