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Note this book was published by Harvard University Press, the 'think tank for the New World Order.'. As a Western religion, Islam gives primacy to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and considers Jesus to be a holy prophet [when Biblically Jesus is God]. In The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, Tarif Khalidi brings together Islamic primary sources about Jesus from the eighth to the 18th centuries. Included are mystical works, historical texts about prophets and saints and, of course, the foundational words about Jesus in the Qur'an. "As a whole," Khalidi explains, these writings "form the largest body of texts relating to Jesus in any non-Christian literature." Khalidi pays particular attention to the literary quality of the texts and the role "the Muslim Jesus" has played in both Muslim piety and Muslim-Christian relations. The oldest stories of Jesus may be contained in the New Testament, but legions of Christian gospels weren't included in the New Testament. And could there be an Islamic gospel? After all, Jesus figures prominently in Islam. Alongside the hadiths , the stories of the Prophet's sayings and actions, appear stories of Jesus' sayings and actions, 303 of which Tarif Khalidi has collected and translated to produce, for the first time, a Muslim gospel. Some of the sayings reflect certain of Jesus' Reader Review: Multicultural Jesus, September 10, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from New York City, USA This book reveals how another major world civilization viewed Jesus: as a prophet, teacher, ascetic, and iconoclast. It displays a new facet of Jesus, which is highly relevant to our times. I'll definitely assign this text in one of my undergraduate courses. Some 300 sayings and stories of Jesus, September 9, 2001 Reviewer: Midwest Book Review (see more about me) from Oregon, WI USA The Muslim Jesus: Sayings And Stories In Islamic Literature is the English translation of the largest collection ever published for a western readership of the sayings and stories of Jesus as found in Arabic Islamic literature. A unique and invaluable resource for the study of Jesus's role and position within an Islamic context, The Muslim Jesus documents how the Islamic movement assimilated the figurehead of Christianity and its implications for contemporary intersectarian relations and ecumenical dialogue between Christians and Muslims. Tarif Khalidi's informative introduction and commentaries place the sayings and stories within an historical context. This compendium of some 300 sayings and stories of Jesus are arranged in chronological order, revealing how the image of Jesus evolved throughout a thousand years of Islamic history and lore. The Muslim Jesus is an indispensable and greatly appreciated addition to Islamic Studies. |