Reading the Bible in Islamic Context : Qur'anic Conversations (Hardcover)

Foreword, Martin Whittingham

 Synopsis, Danny Crowther 

1. Biblical interpretation in Islamic context, Ida Glaser 

Part 1: Intertextual Conversations

2. Abraham in narrative worldviews: reflections on doing comparative theology through Christian-Muslim dialogue in Turkey, George Bristow 

3. Toward inter-theological hermeneutics: a case study in reading between the Joseph stories, Shirin Shafaie 

4. The ‘sin’ of David in the light of Islamic thought, Ali Makhlabi and Larry Ciccarelli 

5. David and the single ewe lamb: tracking conversation between two texts (2 Samuel 12:3 and Q38:23) when they are read in their canonical contexts, Carol Walker 

6. Facing mirrors: the intertwined golden calf story, Mohammad Ghandehari and Mohsen Feyzbakhsh 

Part 2: Questions about Texts

7. The fourth source: Isr?’iliyy?t and the use of the Bible in Muslim scholarship, Wan Mohd Fazrul Azdi Wan Razali, Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor and Jaffary Awang 

8. Constrained by scriptural polemics: Hamiduddin Farahi on the Akedah, Nazirudin Mohd Nasir 

9. The culture shock of the Bible, Danny Crowther 

10. Islamic tradition and the reception history of the Bible, Martin O’Kane and Talha Bhamji 

11. The Morphology of the narrative exegesis of the Qur’an: The case of the cow of the Ban? Isr???l (Q2:67-74), Ali Aghaie  

Part 3: Analogical Explorations 

12. The place of purity in faith, Dwight Swanson 

13. Biblical Ruth as a qur’anic Queen of Sheba: scriptural narratives of foreigner assent, Georgina Jardim 

14. Reading Paul on idolatry (Romans 1:18-32) alongside the Qur’an: a theology of divine signs, Michael Lodahl 

15. Indirection in biblical and qur’anic discourses, and in Bible translation in Islamic contexts, Andy Warren-Rothlin 

16. The Gospel of John as a structure for Muslim-Christian understanding, Dan Madigan 

17. Three methods for a Muslim reading of the Bible, Shabbir Akhtar