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Scriptural polemics : the Qurʼān and other religions
- Title
- Scriptural polemics : the Qurʼān and other religions / Munʼim Sirry.
- Author
- Sirry, Mun'im A., 1971-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- x, 311 pages; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-293) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Qurʼān and modern tafsīr. Islamic reform, tafsīr, and religious diversity ; Reformist Muslim approach to medieval Qurʼān commentaries -- Towards understanding the Qurʼān's polemical texts. The Qurʼān and its polemical context ; The ambiguity of Qurʼānic criticisms ; Is the Qurʼān supersessionist? -- Contesting the theology of exclusivist salvation. al-Islām as the only true path to salvation ; Between inclusive and exclusive Islam ; Re-interpreting the superiority of Islam -- The falsification of Jewish and Christian scriptures. The charge of scriptural distortion ; The concealment of truth ; Between twisting the tongues and writing the book with hands -- Qurʼānic denials of sonship, human-divinity and the Trinity. ''Son of God'' ; The divine nature of Jesus ; Trinitarian doctrine -- Interreligious restrictions and engagements. Treatment of non-Muslim dhimmīs ; Friendship with the unbelievers ; Obstacles to inter-religious relations -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-6302
- ISBN
- 9780199359363 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0199359369 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780199359370 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 0199359377 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013039064
- OCLC
- 859168683
- Author
- Sirry, Mun'im A., 1971- author.
- Title
- Scriptural polemics : the Qurʼān and other religions / Munʼim Sirry.
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-293) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-6302