The Quranic Jesus: A New Interpretation

Carlos Andrés Segovia

Published by De Gruyter 2019

The Quranic Jesus

A New Interpretation

Carlos Andrés Segovia

Volume 5 in the series Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110599688

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Is it possible to rethink the multilayered and polyvalent Christology of the Qur’ān against the intersecting of competing peripheral Christianities, anti-Jewish Christian polemics, and the making of a new Arab state in the 7th-century Near East? To what extent may this help us to decipher, moreover, the intricate redactional process of the quranic corpus? And can we unearth from any conclusions as to the tension between a messianic-oriented and a prophetic-guided religious thought buried in the document?

By analysing, first, the typology and plausible date of the Jesus texts contained in the Qur’ān (which implies moving far beyond both the habitual chronology of the Qur’ān and the common thematic division of the passages in question) and by examining, in the second place, the Qur’ān’s earliest Christology via-à-vis its later (and indeed much better known) Muhamadan kerygma, the present study answers these crucial questions and, thereby, sheds new light on the Qur’ān’s original sectarian milieu and pre-canonical development.

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Carlos A. Segovia, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
1. Introduction: Traditional Views and New Insights on the Quranic Jesus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Jesus in the Quranic Corpus: Texts and Contexts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Reassessing the Typology, Date, and Ideology of the Jesus Passages – and Their Setting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4. Moving Backwards: A Peripheral South-Arabian Christology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5. From the Qur’ān’s Early Christology to the Elaboration of the Muhamadan Kerygma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Index of Ancient Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Index of Ancient and Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Quranic Studies, Early Islam, Late-Antique Christianity, Early Christian-Jewish-Muslim Relations
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 183
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Qur'an; Koran; Jesus; Islamic Origins

eBook

Published: November 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110599688

Hardcover

Published: November 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110597646

Paperback

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9783110643619