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Cross of Christ

Islamic Perspectives

Cross of Christ

Islamic Perspectives

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£108.00

Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9781793617453
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 06/10/2020
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
The Cross of Christ: Foundational Islamic Perspectives takes an in-depth look at all of the medieval Muslim scholars considered to have affirmed Jesus' crucifixion. Each chapter provides the important historical and intellectual context for the commentators. As well, critical new translations of key texts are provided, offering important access to vital documents and schools of thought. The author argues that, rather than affirming the historicity of the crucifixion, the Isma'ilis tend to assume its historicity, in order to advance important Isma'ili doctrines. The author also contends that the commentators who explored ways to affirm the crucifixion, nonetheless made extensive use of traditional substitution legends that deny the crucifixion. In order to orient the reader, the book starts by introducing the reader to the Jesus of the Qur'an. It then compares him to the Jesus of the New Testament and the Jesus of extra canonical literature. Upon this Qur'anic skeleton, the author layers a myriad of details found in seventeen works of classic Islamic literature, so that a truly unique, authentic and authoritative Jesus of Islam emerges.

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Conventions

Introduction

Part I Introduction to the Jesus of Islam

1 The Jesus of the Qur’an

2 The Jesus of the Qur’an in the New Testament

3 The Jesus of the Qur’an in Para-Biblical Literature

4 The Jesus of Classical Islamic Literature

Part I Observation about the Jesus of Islam

Part II Introduction to the Isma‘ili Case for the Crucifixion

5 Mu’ayyad fi’l-Din al-Shirazi

6 Abu H?atim al-Razi Argues against al-Nasafi and against Rhazes

7 The Book of Highest Initiation

8 Abu Ya‘qub al-Sijistani

9 Ja‘far b. Mans?ur al-Yaman

10 Rasa’il Ikhwan al-S?afa’

Part II Observations about the Isma‘ili Case for the Crucifixion

Part III Introduction to the Tafasir Case for the Crucifixion

11 The Substitution Legends of the Jami‘ al-bayan ‘an ta’wil al-Qur’an of al-T?abari

12 The Four Grammarians of the Crucifixion

13 Four Rationalists Discuss Whether Allah Can Cast the Likeness of One Man upon Another

14 The Mysticism of Ruzbihan al-Baqli

15 Two Anti-Christian Polemical Works

Part III Observations about the Tafasir Case for the Crucifixion

Conclusion

Overview of Related Literature

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

About the Author

W. Richard Oakes

W. Richard Oakes Jr. is post-doctoral researcher.

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