Can the Qur’ān Be Read in the Light of Christ? Reflections on Some Melkite Authors and Their Use of the Holy Book of Islam

Can the Qur’ān Be Read in the Light of Christ? Reflections on Some Melkite Authors and Their Use of the Holy Book of IslamCollectanea Christiana OrientaliaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/6P8R6UKL/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.BisharaEbeidCan the Qur’ān Be Read in the Light of Christ? Reflections on Some Melkite Authors and Their Use of the Holy Book of Islamhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/6P8R6UKLhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/6P8R6UKLhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/6P8R6UKLCollectanea Christiana Orientalia18202137-74The first Scripture for Christians was the Old Testament, which, however, they read in the light of Christ. For them, in disagreement with the Jews themselves, the prophecies of the OT regarding the Messiah were realized in Jesus Christ. In this case, Christians read the OT differently than did Jews, who continued to read the OT according to their tradition while refusing to accept Christ as the Messiah. The Qur’ān, however, accepts that Jesus Christ was al-Masīḥ, but rejects the doctrines of the Trinity and of Christ as the incarnate Son of God the Father. This was, in fact, one of the main differences between the two religions. For their part, Christians, although they did not recognize prophecy in Muḥammad, used the Holy Book of Muslims in their different writings, especially as proof-texting for apologetic purposes. Ebeid, Bishara. “Can the Qur’ān Be Read in the Light of Christ? Reflections on Some Melkite Authors and Their Use of the Holy Book of Islam.” Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 18 (2021): 37–74. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21071/cco.v18i0.1165. Bishara Ebeid, Can the Qur’ān Be Read in the Light of Christ? Reflections on Some Melkite Authors and Their Use of the Holy Book of Islam, Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 18 (2021): 37–74, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21071/cco.v18i0.1165.Arab ChristiansChristologyIX CEMelkitesMuslim-Christian relationsQuranTheodore Abu QurrahVII-XVIII CEapologetics