In Defense of the Bible

A Critical Edition and an Introduction to al-Biqāʿī's Bible Treatise

Bibliographic Data

ID19946288
AuthorsWalid A Saleh (corresponding author), Walid Saleh
Year2008
Pages223
Publication date2008-07-10
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueIn defense of the Bible (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004168572.i-224
OpenAlexW609927782
Open LibraryOL40487567M
ISBN9789004168572
LanguageEN
Citations received16

The history of the Islamic interaction with the Scriptures of Judaism and Christianity has been studied extensively in academia. The prevailing view is that Muslims had hardly any religious appreciation to the Bible and when used by Muslims it was mainly in apologetic or polemical settings. The document presented here squarely contradicts such a view. The treatise argues for the permissiblity of using the Bible by Muslims for religious purposes. Al-Biqāʿī, the author of this treatise, wrote a huge Qurʾān commentary that used the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels to interpret parts of the Qurʾān. Al-Sakhāwī, a bitter enemy, opposed such a practice. The document preserves for us a fundamental argument inside Islam about the value of the Scriptures of other religions

Adversary · Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Biblical studies · Christianity · Epistemology · Hebrew Bible · Islam · Judaism · Literature · Theology · Value (mathematics) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religious studies · 1406 or 7-1480 · Bible · Biqāʻī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʻUmar · Christianity and other religions · Influence · Koran · O.T · Qurʼan · Relation to the Bible · Relations

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