How could so many Christians be wrong? The role of "tawâtur" (recurrent transmission of reports) in understandig Muslim views of the crucifixion
The concept of tawātur (recurrent transmission of reports) underpins the usual Muslim view that reports that Jesus was the one crucified are not reliably transmitted. This article first outlines Muslim theories regarding tawātur, along with two other classifications of reports, mashhūr and āḥād. Sec...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2008
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2008, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-178 |
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Dialogue
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| Summary: | The concept of tawātur (recurrent transmission of reports) underpins the usual Muslim view that reports that Jesus was the one crucified are not reliably transmitted. This article first outlines Muslim theories regarding tawātur, along with two other classifications of reports, mashhūr and āḥād. Second, the writings of al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1209) on tawātur and the crucifixion are examined. Third, the wider significance of the concept for Muslim–Christian discussion is explored. The study concludes that the exact place of tawātur in Muslim discussions of the crucifixion is elusive. Its role is secondary to that of the qur'anic text itself (as commonly interpreted) as the decisive element in rejecting Jesus as the one crucified. Yet understanding tawātur helps to clarify the theoretical foundation of the Qur'an's primacy for Muslims, since the scripture of Islam is understood to be the supreme mutawātir text. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410801923659 |