Mouhanad Khorchide, Klaus von Stosch
Paperback, 332 pages
9781909942967

 

Unique study of Jesus in the Qur’an by a Christian and a Muslim scholar writing together.

 

The Qur’an identifies Jesus as a sign of God, and he holds a place as one of the most important prophets in Islam. Looking at Jesus in Islam also reveals both deep differences from and rich connections to the view of Jesus in Christianity. In The Other Prophet, Mouhanad Khorchide and Klaus von Stosch explore and explain the position of the Qur’anic Jesus, with one scholar working from the Muslim and the other from the Christian theological perspective. Their combined research presents a history of Jesus’ presence in the Qur’an and provides astute observations to deepen the understanding of both Christians and Muslims. Here we find that a common view of Jesus from the Muslim and Christian sides is not only possible but also expands our understanding of Jesus and his message.

 

Contents
1. Introduction
2. The State of Christology in the Seventh Century
3. New Developments in Modern Christology
4. A Holistic Reading of Surahs 19, 3 and 5 in the Context of a Diachronic Reading of the Qur’an’s Verses about Jesus
5. Jesus’s Position in Qur’anic Prophetology (Zishan Ghaffar)
6. The Work of Jesus Christ and the Qur’an: A Forensic Search for Functional Equivalents
7. New Perspectives on the Qur’an