Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tensi The Qurʾānic Cross and the Missing Substitute in Early Muslim-Christian Polemics: Tracing the Qurʾān, Book 25, (Hardcover)

<p>Early Muslim commentators develop a sophisticated interpretation of Q 4:157-158, known as the substitution narrative: another person was crucified in Jesus' place. However, mention of the Substitute rarely occurs in early writings between Muslims and Christians, even when discussing the qur&amp;#702;&amp;#257;nic crucifixion. </p> <p>This case study of almost two dozen primary sources examines the reception of the qur&amp;#702;&amp;#257;nic crucifixion, including new observations on the Creed among Eastern Christians at the dawn of Islam, and lays out an approach to analyzing the rhetorical and linguistic features of qur&amp;#702;&amp;#257;nic prooftexting. The project draws out the lack of evidence for the substitute narrative as an established interpretation among Muslim and Christian theologians from the eighth to the eleventh centuries. </p> <p>How Muslims and Christians discussed the qur&amp;#702;&amp;#257;nic crucifixion account, defining themselves vis-à-vis one another, demonstrates how central crucifixion narratives were--with ample competing interpretations--to the development of monotheistic history. </p>

• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tensi The Qurʾānic Cross and the Missing Substitute in Early Muslim-Christian Polemics: Tracing the Qurʾān, Book 25, (Hardcover)
• Author: de Gruyter
• ISBN: 9783111340883
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2025-12-01
• Page Count: 306