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Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an : Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale

Wessels, Anton/ Wolterstorff, Nicholas (FRW)/ Jansen, Henry (TRN)
35.99 USD
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32.40
English

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Discussing the Bible and the Qur''an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues that all three traditions must read the Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, the three books, in the end, are actually 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 argues, is of crucial importance: our world often sees these religious books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution to them.

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Wessels (emeritus, religion, Free U of Amsterdam) wants us to read the Torah, Gospel and Qur'an together, not against each other. He offers a tale of two cities in history (Babylon and Jerusalem), asks if Mohammed is actually one of the prophets, discusses the choice before human beings (caliph or king), explores the hijira (exodus) from Babel to Jerusalem and from Mecca to Medina, examines the ideals and the reality of the promised city, describes Solomon and the Queen of Sheba/Bilqis in Jerusalem, and describes violence in the city, a prayer of intercession for the city of Sodom, mammon and Moloch, how the victory over the city is viewed, and to whom the victory belongs. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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