Emerging scriptures: Torah, Gospel & Qur'an in Christian perspective
1. Many roads, one goal -- part 1. Reflecting on the Hebrew scriptures -- 2. The Jewish inheritance of Jesus and the early church -- 3. Valuing the Hebrew scriptures -- 4. Israel's history -- 5. Theological perspectives of the Hebrew bible -- 6. Messianic expectations -- part 2. Assessing the C...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford [England]
Represented outside Africa by African Books Collective
2015
Luwinga, Malawi Mzuni Press 2014 |
| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Mzuni books
no. 18 |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Studies
B Sacred Books B Dialogue Religious aspects B Sacred Books Comparative studies B Religions Comparative studies B Religions B Dialogue ; Religious aspects |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789990803990 |
| Summary: | 1. Many roads, one goal -- part 1. Reflecting on the Hebrew scriptures -- 2. The Jewish inheritance of Jesus and the early church -- 3. Valuing the Hebrew scriptures -- 4. Israel's history -- 5. Theological perspectives of the Hebrew bible -- 6. Messianic expectations -- part 2. Assessing the Christian writings -- 7. The earliest Christian witnesses -- 8. from oral testimony to written records -- 9. The emergence of Christian scripture -- 10. Ongoing formation of faith -- part 3. Responding to the Qur'an -- 11. Encountering the Qur'an -- 12. The people of the book -- 13. The seal of the prophets -- 14. Some Qur'anic themes -- 15. Early Christian responses -- Map of Arabia and her neighbours -- Epilogue -- 16. Dialogue today. Rodney Schofield traces the beginnings of Biblical and Qur'anic literature and attempts a reconstruction of their original settings. He reassesses some of the classical theories and shows that the scriptures of the Abrahamic faiths, (Torah, Gospel and Qur'an) possess many shared perspectives, reflecting their common heritage. A better appreciation of this shared legacy, he contends, could promote greater mutual understanding and foster respectful co-existence among believers |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (210 pages)), illustrations |