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Islam's Jesus / Zeki Saritoprak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarıtoprak, Zeki.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Islam.
- Qurʼan--Relation to the Bible.
- Qurʼan.
- Jesus Christ--Islamic interpretations.
- Jesus Christ.
- Jesus Christ--In the Qurʼan.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While it is not well known among Christians, Jesus has an important role in the Quaranic literature, and this book examines this provocative topic, focusing on Jesus's role in the eschatology of Islam, especially on the afterlife.
- Contents:
- The Qurʼan and Jesus as God's messenger
- A Qurʼanic perspective on the eschatological role of Jesus
- Islamic eschatology and Jesus as a sign of the hour
- The Hadith and Jesus's eschatological descent
- Speculations about Jesus's return
- The Mahdi and Jesus as allies against al-Dajjal (the Antichrist)
- Literalist approaches to Jesus's eschatological role in Islamic theology
- Symbolic, allegorical, and other interpretive approaches to Jesus's eschatological role
- Jesus's descent and theologies of Muslim-Christian cooperation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5017-0
- 0-8130-4894-X
- OCLC:
- 877771926
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