Quranic Christians

An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19937868
AutoresJane Dammen Mcauliffe (Emory University, autor correspondente)
Ano1991
Data de publicação1991-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoQur'anic Christians (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511598203
OpenAlexW4294908029
Open LibraryOL34444544M
ISBN9780511598203
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29

The Muslim perception of Christianity and Christians is an issue of longstanding debate among scholars of both Islam and Christianity. In this book, Jane McAuliffe analyses a series of passages from the Qur'an that make ostensibly positive remarks about Christians. She conducts this analysis through a close examination of Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, spanning ten centuries of commentary. In this effort to trace various interpretations of these passages, the author attempts to determine whether these positive passages can justifiably serve as proof-texts of Muslim tolerance of Christianity. She finds that commentators have consistently distinguished between the vast majority of Christians, who are denounced for having turned from the true word of God, and a small minority, who accepted the prophethood of Muhammed and are praised

Art · Christianity · Exegesis · Islam · Literature · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies