Jesus in the Qur'an [Paperback]

Geoffrey Parrinder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1977

Written for both Christians and Muslims, this book offers a modern and balanced study of qur'anic teachings about the birth, life, work, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (T) (September 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195199634
• ISBN-13: 978-0195199635
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,910,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best comparitive book around!, December 6, 1999

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Philip Powell (Terre Haute, Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus in the Qur'an (Paperback)

I have spent a substantial amount of time researching Islam and Christianity, specifically the similarities between the two and this is by far the best comparitive book I am found. The objectiveness with which the author approaches this obviously sensitive subject is unparalleled. The book is written to near perfection from a very religious standpoint, as Parrinder is a Methodist minister, but his personal beliefs in no way are presented in the work. I very strongly reccomend this book to anyone interested in Jesus or Islam, it has provided me with more knowledge and explanation than I have found anywhere else combined.

17 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Objective and factually feasible assessment of Jesus, January 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesus in the Qur'an (Paperback)

This is a very perceptive and penetrating re-look at the man Jesus, his role, titles and special place not just in the Bible but also in the Quran. The writer is no mean scholar but one whose credentials span the production of many scholarly works published by well-respected and established publishing houses and studied,accepted and endorsed both by campuses across the Globe as well as post-graduate researchers doing critical religious studies. Just because he may be a Christian does not disqualify him from re-appraising the deformed image and role of Jesus Christ painted of him in the Quran. Incidentally the Quran itself is not free from some serious factual errors linguistically as well as historically, and has borrowed a number of non-native Arabic words and terminology from several other foreign languages and has tried to utilise those words for itself.eg.Injil, jahannam, al-Masih,Iblis to name just a few(borrowed from Greek and Hebrew). The previous commenter claims so-called 'serious errors' but provides no proof or evidence to support such accusations towards this well researched piece of work (among Parrinder's many others). I would dare say that some of Parrinder's conclusions here does expose the shallow interpretation-or rather mis-interpretation that traditional Islam has regularly made upon the person of Jesus Christ and so challenges his stand by calling the previous commenter's views into question and has thus evoked his/her defensive reaction. This book deserves more than five stars for both the author's effort in addressing this subject as well as the scholarly contents it contains!

8 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars lacking in research, December 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesus in the Qur'an (Paperback)

It's commendable that Parrinder's approach is to reconcile the understanding of Jesus in the context of the Muslim and Christian community.

However, his book contains several errors, presumably as his opinions were based predominantly on the interpretation of the Qur'an by non-native Arabic speaking persons. Certain conclusions made, especially with regards to Muhammad, Jesus and the Christian doctrine of the holy trinity as set out in the Qur'an, were ill researched and factually incorrect.

I would recommend readers to practice caution in reading this book and making conclusions based purely on it.