RT Book T1 The Qurʿān and the Aramaic gospel traditions T2 Routledge studies in the Qurʿān A1 El-Badawi, Emran Iqbal LA English PP London u.a. PB Routledge YR 2014 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/750487348 AB "This book is a study of related passages found in the Arabic Qurʼan and the Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic dialects. It builds upon the work of traditional Muslim scholars, including al-Biqa'i (d. ca. 808/1460) and al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505), who wrote books examining connections between the Qur'an on the one hand, and Biblical passages and Aramaic terminology on the other, as well as modern western scholars, including Sidney Griffith who argue that pre-Islamic Arabs accessed the Bible in Aramaic. The Qur'ân and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions examines the history of religious movements in the Middle East from 180-632 CE, explaining Islam as a response to the disunity of the Aramaic speaking churches. It then compares the Arabic text of the Qur'ân and the Aramaic text of the Gospels under four main themes: the prophets; the clergy; the divine; and the apocalypse. Among the findings of this book are that the articulator as well as audience of the Qur'ân were monotheistic in origin, probably bilingual, culturally sophisticated and accustomed to the theological debates that raged between the Aramaic speaking churches. Arguing that the Qur'ân's teachings and ethics echo Jewish-Christian conservatism, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Religion, History, and Literature CN BP134.B4 SN 978-0-415-82123-0 K1 Qurʼan : Relation to the Bible K1 Qurʼan : Sources K1 Qurʼan : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible : Gospels : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible : Aramaic : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Koran K1 Koran : Criticism, interpretation, etc