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Title: PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
BIBLICAL CHARACTERS IN THE QUR'AN
By: Brian A. Brown, Salman Rushdie (Foreword), Reuven Firestone
Format: Hardback

List price: £17.50


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ISBN 10: 0567029727
ISBN 13: 9780567029720
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 1 February, 2007
Pages: 208
Description: Do Christians know that Jesus in the Qur'an was speaking about Muhammad when he promised to send an Advocate? Who imagined that Noah had a rebellious son who refused to get on the ark? This book aims to help Jews and Christians in understanding the role which several biblical figures, from their own traditions, play in Islam.
Synopsis: The title of the book comes from the description of believers in the Abrahamic faith traditions in the Qur'an. Brown very simply proceeds through his book to help Jews and Christians understand the role that several biblical figures from their own traditions play in Islam. Do Christians know, for example, that Jesus in the Qur'an was speaking about Muhammad when he promised to send an Advocate or Comforter? Who would have imagined that Noah had a rebellious son who refused to get on the ark? Brown uses this method of examining scriptural characters as a way of seeing Islam in its pure light, without the distortions of history or individual failings.
Publication: UK
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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