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bible
Articles on the Bible: its books, its history, and how the Qur’an and Muslims read it. Read them here.
23 articles carry this tag.
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What the Qur’an says about the Torah, Psalms and Gospel
The Tawrah, the Zabur and the Injil: how the Qur’an honours the scriptures given to Moses, David and Jesus, and how it…
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Is Allah the God of the Bible?
Is Allah the same God as the God of the Bible? The Arabic word, the Arabic Bible, and the Qur’an’s declaration that…
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The Gospel of Barnabas: what Muslims should know
The Gospel of Barnabas echoes the Islamic account of Jesus, but its manuscripts and text are late medieval. Why the Qur’an’s account…
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Ishmael in the Abrahamic traditions
Abraham’s firstborn son in Genesis and the Qur’an: the promise to Ishmael, the Kaaba, and why most Muslim scholars hold that he…
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What language did Abraham speak?
Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew or Arabic? The world of Abraham, the Jewish and Muslim traditions about his language, and the Qur’anic principle that…
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Haman in the Qur’an
Was the Qur’an’s Haman borrowed from the Bible’s Esther, or is his name an Egyptian priestly title?
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The king and the Pharaoh
Joseph served a king and Moses faced a Pharaoh: how the Qur’an’s two titles for the ruler of Egypt match the Egyptian…
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The preservation and transmission of scripture
How the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur’an were each copied, checked and handed down across centuries.
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What archaeology tells us about the ancient Near East
Inscriptions, excavations and the limits of the evidence for the world of the Bible and early Islam.
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Kedar, the Arabs and the prophets
Kedar in the Hebrew Bible, the Arab tribes of the north, and the figure the oracles point to.
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Understanding the Bible and the Qur’an in historical context
How scholars approach the historical and literary settings of these sacred texts.