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Class
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The
Jewish & Christian Revelations in Islam
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We have
begun to discuss the fact that Mohammed considered his message to
be the same one revealed by Allah to all of the Jewish ancestors and
prophets as well as to Jesus. Thus, wherever Jewish and
Christian teachings diverge from the Qur'anic revelations, Mohammed
thought the reason was corruption in the other religious traditions;
they had strayed from the original message Allah had given them.
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- Because Mohammed had many encounters with Jews and Christians,
and because his belief was that they shared the same message,
the Qur'an has much to say about these other monotheistic traditions. The
readings for today are just a few of the many passages that could
be read about Jewish figures such as Adam, Noah, Moses, David
and Ezra, and Christian figures such as Jesus and Mary.
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- As you read, recall what we read in the Jewish and
Christian scriptures about Abraham, Moses and Jesus,
and make a list that looks like this:
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Abraham |
Moses |
Jesus |
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the Bible |
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in the Bible |
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Fill in the list with stories you find about Jesus and Moses. Since
Mohammed could not read, we will need to discuss how he knew about
stories in the Jewish and Christian Bibles; and since some of
these stories are not in the Bible at all, we will need to discuss
where Mohammed might have gotten them.
- As you read the accounts of Mohammed, try to determine
how he is similar to and different from Abraham, Moses
and Jesus.
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- Assigned Readings
- Primary: Qur'an surahs 2:144-150;
5 (all); 25:1-9; 41:1-32; 3:1-9;
4:105-126; Abraham: 26:69-122 (cf. Gen 12:1-9);
Moses: 7:138-147 (cf. Exod 14—15; 19—20);
Jesus: 3:31-63; 4:153-162, 171-173; review
5:109-120; 17:111
- Secondary: Review pp. 19-20 of 4/8 article, Esposito,
"Mohammed and the Quran: Messenger and Message"
(ERes); online class prep
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- Further Reading
Coulson, Noel J. A History of Islamic Law, Islamic
Surveys 2. Edinburgh: University
Press, 1964.
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- Khalidi, Tarif, ed. and trans. The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, Convergences: Inventories of the Present. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard University Press, 2001.
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Kuschel, Karl-Josef. Abraham: Sign of Hope for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. New York: Continuum, 1995.
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- Nasr, Seyyed H. Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna, Suhrawardi,
Ibn 'Arabi, Harvard Studies in World Religions. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1964.
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Vroom, Hendrik M. and Jerald D. Gort, ed. Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Hermeneutics, Values and Society. Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997.
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- Links
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- Sources
- Photograph: C. Murphy, "The Golden Gate and the Dome of
the Rock, from Gethsemane, Jerusalem (O-160)," 1994.
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