The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an : three books, two cities, one tale / Anton Wessels ; translated by Henry Jansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wessels, Antonie.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred books--History and criticism.

Sacred books.

Abrahamic religions.

Physical Description:

xxi, 312 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.

Language Note:

Translated from Dutch.

Summary:

Discussing the Bible and the Qur'an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues in The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an that all three traditions must read their Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, those three books, in the end, actually tell one tale. Wessels accepts Muhammad as a prophet and takes the Qur'an seriously as Holy Scripture along with the Old and New Testaments - without giving up his own Christian convictions. Respectfully reading the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an together, he maintains, is of crucial importance because our world often sees these religious books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution to them. Book jacket.

Contents:

I "A Tale of Two Cities" in History 1

II Is Muhammad One of the Prophets? 31

III The Choice before the Human Being: Caliph or King? 55

IV Exodus from Babel to Jerusalem, Hijra from Mecca to Medina 82

V The Ideals and the Reality of the Promised City, the Land, and the Earth 108

VI Solomon and the Queen of Sheba/Bilqîs in Jerusalem 129

VII Violence in the City 145

VIII Prayer of Intercession for the City of Sodom 171

IX What Threatens the City? Gog and Magog: Mammon and Moloch 190

X How Is the Victory over the Cities Viewed? 218

XI To Whom Does the Victory Belong? 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802869084

9780802869081

OCLC:

827261595

Publisher Number:

99955307296