Portal: Islam and the Judeo-Christian Tradition: Difference between revisions

The Qur'an makes constant reference to the stories of the Judeao-Christian tradition. The references are familiar and sometimes in passing, and assume a great deal of familiarity on the part of the listeners. The audienceof the Qur'an was clearly one well-acquainted with the stories themselves and the Qur'an itself says that it is a "reminder" (73:19) of the message which has come before. The stories referenced are not only from the Bible, but come from a wide variety of literary traditions within ancient near east Christianity and Judaism such as the Alexander Romances, saints lives, and the Talmud. The stories (and even the names of the characters) often differ markedly from their original versions, sometimes in content and sometimes in emphasis. These stories are also preserved in secondary Islamic literature such as the Israeliyyaat, or the "Israeli" (Jewish) stories, and together these stories (and the Islamic accretions thereto) form the corpus of Islamic "Heilsgeschichte" or "holy history" and myth outside of the life of the prophet himself.  

*[[Lut]]

*[[Imran in Islam]]

Jesus (called 'Isa in the Qur'an, as opposed to Christian Arabs who call him the more accurate title Yasuu') is a primary figure in the Qur'an, and the Qur'an (from the perspective of a Christian heresy hunter) can even be said to have its own Christology. The virgin birth and mother Mary are extremely prominent in the Qur'an, with Mary getting an entire surah dedicated to her. The Muslim apocalypse cycle is also heavily indebted to the Christian tradition, and features not only the return of Jesus to judge the world but also al-masih al-dajaal, the imposter Christ or antichrist. The disciples, though mentioned in the tradition, play no significant part in the stories of the tradition which focuses rather on Jesus and Mary.  

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{{PortalArticle|image=Bible Quran.jpg|title=Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures|summary=This series of articles illustrates how the Qur'an took stories from a wide variety of extra-biblical literature from the ancient middle east.|description=}}