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The Qur’an in C O N T E X T A CHRISTIAN EXPLORATION Mark Robert Anderson InterVarsity Press P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426 ivpress.com [email protected] ©2016 by Mark Robert Anderson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from InterVarsity Press. InterVarsity Press® is the book-publishing division of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA®, a movement of students and faculty active on campus at hundreds of universities, colleges and schools of nursing in the United States of America, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. For information about local and regional activities, visit intervarsity.org. Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover design: David Fassett Interior design: Daniel van Loon Images: FransDekkers/iStockphoto ISBN 978-0-8308-9343-0 (digital) ISBN 978-0-8308-5142-3 (print) To the memory of Charles J. Adams 1924–2011 and Harvie M. Conn 1933–1999 without whose inspiration and guidance this book would not have been written Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now, always, and indeed then most truly when it seems most unsuitable to actual circumstances. Albert Schweitzer Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. Jalal al-Din Rumi Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Maps: The Late Antique Middle East xvii Early Manuscript xix 1 Approaching the Qur’an 1 Part I Qur’anic Context 2 Muhammad and the Origins of Islam 15 3 Coming to Terms with Muhammad’s World 27 4 Reading the Qur’an in Its Muhammadan Context 35 Part II Qur’anic Worldview 5 God’s Immanence and Transcendence 53 6 God’s Justice and Mercy 71 7 Adam in Stereoscopic Vision 83 8 Measuring Adam’s Fall 97 9 Divine Reprieve 113 10 Sin and Salvation in a World of Us Against Them 119 11 Prophets, Scriptures, Revelation 141 12 Qur’anic Spirituality’s Devotional and Social Dimensions 163 13 Qur’anic Spirituality’s Political Dimension 183 Part III Qur’anic Jesus 14 Jesus’ Origins and Person 207 15 Jesus’ Words and Works 223 16 Jesus’ Death and Beyond 239 17 Jesus’ Community and Scripture 257 Part IV Christian Response 18 An Arabic Qur’an for the Arab People 281 19 Could the Qur’an Be the Bible’s Sequel? 289 20 The Bible and the Qur’an: So Close, Yet So Far 305 Glossary 325 Author Index 329 Subject Index 331 Scripture Index 337 Praise for The Qur’an in Context 341 About the Author 342 More Titles from InterVarsity 343 Academic Textbook Selector 344
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