| Description |
xii, 244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244). |
| Contents |
Foreword / Salman Rushdie -- Introduction : people of the book -- Prologue : exploring common ground, from ground zero to holy ground -- Cast of characters : the English and Arabic names of scriptural personages -- Preface : translations, versions, sources, context, and spellings -- Higher than angels : Adam/Aadam -- Raising Cain : Cain and Abel/Qabeel and Habeel -- Noah's other son : Noah/Nooh -- Towering ambition : Babel/Babylon -- The patriarch : Abraham/Ibrahim -- The matriarch : Hagar/Hajra -- The archer's Jihad : Ishmael/Ismail -- The Hajj of life : Lot/Lut -- The covenant : Yaqub/Jacob -- The dream : Yusuf/Joseph -- The foundation : Musa/Moses -- Three kings : Saul, David, Solomon/Talut, Dawoud, Sulaimon -- Women who have names : Bilqis, Zulaika, Khadija, Fatima, Maryam, Asiya/Ruth -- Cameo appearances : Enoch/Idris, Job/Ayyub, Isaac/Ishaq, Joshua/Yusha, Goliath/Galoot, Aaron/Haroon, Elijah/Illiyas, Ezekiel/Zul-kifi, Aman/Haman, Ezra/Uzair, Jonah/Yunus, and children of Israel/Bani Israel -- The mother of Jesus : Mary/Maryam -- The temple : Zacharias/Zakariya, John/Yahya -- Son of Man, Son of God, Son of Mary : Jesus/`Isa -- The dome : Muhammad -- Epilogue -- Appendix I : Bearing faithful witness : United Church-Jewish relations today -- Appendix II : Thas we may know each other : United Church-Jewish relations today -- Afterword : the bridge between Judaism and Islam by Rabbi Reuven Firestone -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography. |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Relation to the Bible.
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| ISBN |
0826427979 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780826427977 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2499176 |
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