The Gospels in Islamic Context

0.Introduction - Introduction: Readers, Texts and Contexts. Part A: Foundations for Conversation, The injil and the Gospels: Meaning and Status. 1.Good News: Greek euangelion, Arabic ?injil and Modern Qur?an and Bible Translations in Islamic Contexts. 2.What are the Gospels? A Christian Reflection. 3.Balaaghi and the Canonical Gospels. 4.Authenticating the New Testament Gospels from a Sunnite Perspective. Part B: Seven Conversations, 1. Islamic Literature on Jesus: Where are the Canonical Gospels? 5.Biblical Allusions in Persian Literature: Persian Poets in the Footsteps of the Christian Tradition. 6.A Colloquy of God with Jesus: New Testament Parallels in an Early Collection of Sayings of Jesus in Islam. 2. Translation: Words in Context. 7.The First Gospel in Arabic: The Islamic Context. 8.Kitab Suci Injil: Its Significance for Reading the Matthean Nativity Story in the Indonesian Islamic Context. 3. Birth Narratives: A Shared Story? 9.The Virgin Mary's Birth and Early Life in Three Narratives: New Testament, Qur'an, and Biblical Apocrypha. 10.Redeeming Zechariah: Silence as Mercy in Luke 1 and Q3 and Q19. 4. Signs: A Shared Category? 11.Miracles as Signs? Revisiting Jesus' Gospel Miracles in the Light of Medieval Muslim Critique. 12.Signs of God in the Qur'an and the Gospel of John: Persuading the Audience to Believe. 5. Barzakh and Paradise: A Shared Concept? 13.The Qur?an and the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Crossing Over Barriers. 14.'Today You will Be with Me in Paradise' - Reading Luke 23:43 in Islamic Contexts. 6. Reading in Context. 15.Respecting Mary: Woman, Mother or Inconsequential? Reconsidering John 2:4 in the Context of Islam. 16.Chapter Sixteen - Contesting the Meaning of the Sheep and the Goats: Variations on Contemporary Indonesian Christians' Readings of Matthew 25:31 46. 7. Reading the Sermon on the Mount. 17.By whose Authority? Sayyid Ahmad Khan (d. 1898) and the Authors of the Christian New Testament. 18.The Sermon on the Mount Reading Group.