Bibliograph

The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an, Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale

Type

Label

The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an, Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale

Summary

Discussing the Bible and the Qur'an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues that all three traditions must read the Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, the three books, in the end, are actually one tale. Wessels accepts Muhammad as a prophet and takes the Qur'an seriously as Holy Scripture along with the Old and New Testaments -- without giving up his own Christian convictions. Respectfully reading the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an together, he argues, is of crucial importance: our world often sees these religious books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution to them

Target audience

adult

Classification