The Other Prophet
Jesus in the Qur'an
Published on 10. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
225 pages
978-1-909942-96-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Qur'an identifies Jesus as a sign of God, and he holds a place as one of the most important prophets in Islam. Looking at Jesus in Islam also reveals both deep differences from and rich connections to the view of Jesus in Christianity. In The Other Prophet, Mouhanad Khorchide and Klaus von Stosch explore and explain the position of the Qur'anic Jesus, with one scholar working from the Muslim and the other from the Christian theological perspective. Their combined research presents a history of Jesus' presence in the Qur'an and provides astute observations to deepen the understanding of both Christians and Muslims. Here we find that a common view of Jesus from the Muslim and Christian sides is not only possible but also expands our understanding of Jesus and his message.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Reading Age: From 18 years
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909942-96-7 (9781909942967)
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Mouhanad Khorchide is Professor of Islamic Religious Education and Head of the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Muenster.
Klaus von Stosch is Schlegel-Professor for Systematic Theology and head of the International Center for Comparative Theology and Social Issues at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Bonn University.
Klaus von Stosch is Schlegel-Professor for Systematic Theology and head of the International Center for Comparative Theology and Social Issues at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Bonn University.
Content
1. Introduction
2. The State of Christology in the Seventh Century
2.1 The Chalcedon controversy
2.2 A political compromise on dogma
2.3 The neo-Chalcedonian doctrine of enhypostasis
2.4 Christological debates among non-Chalcedonians
2.5 The Arabian Peninsula as a confluence of heresies?
2.6 The situation in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century
3. New Developments in Modern Christology
3.1 The starting point of consciousness Christology
3.2 The modern paradigm shift in relational ontology and its impact on Christology
3.3 Testing against the historical Jesus
3.4 Multiple incarnations?
4. A Holistic Reading of Surahs 19, 3 and 5 in the Context of a Diachronic Reading of the Qur'an's Verses about Jesus
4.1 Jesus in Surah Maryam
4.1.1 Zachariah and John
4.1.2 Mary and her child
4.1.3 Jesus's self-image
4.1.4 An anti-Christological intervention in Q 19:34-40?
4.1.5 Further themes in Surah Maryam
4.1.6 Prophetological consolidation in the late Meccan and early Medinan periods
4.2 Surah al 'Imran
4.2.1 Prologue (verses 1-32)
4.2.2 Narrative core (verses 33-62)
4.2.3 Religio-political arguments (verses 63-99)
4.2.4 Self-assurance of the Muslim community (verses 100-200)
4.2.5 Jesus crucified?
4.3 Surah al-Ma'ida
4.3.1 Structure and themes of the surah
4.3.2 Criticism of any deification of human beings
4.3.3 A break with Christianity?
5. Jesus's Position in Qur'anic Prophetology (Zishan Ghaffar)
5.1 the early Meccan surahs: eschatological prophecy
5.1.1 Imminent eschatological expectation?
5.2 The middle Meccan surahs: prophetology as a combination of salvation, election and mercy
5.2.1 The new context of the proclamation in the middle Meccan
period and its central topoi
5.2.2 The Qur'an's apostolic doctrine in the middle Meccan period
5.2.3 The birth of prophecy out of God's mercy
5.2.4 Muhammad as Moses redivivus - the consolidation of Qur'anic prophetology in the middle Meccan period
5.3 Late Meccan prophetology: the apology of the messengers
5.4 Qur'anic prophetology in Medina
5.4.1 from existential to textual typology
5.4.2 from community of fate to the universal community of the covenant: Qur'anic prophetology between universality and
exclusivity
5.4.3 the Messenger Muhammad as lawmaker and his special
prestige as a prophetic dignitary
5.4.4 Prophetology as a counter-discourse to Christology?
6. The Work of Jesus Christ and the Qur'an: A Forensic Search for Functional Equivalents
6.1 God's self-revelation in the Islamic tradition (with the involvement of Darius asghar-Zadeh)
6.2 The relation between God and humans as a liberating relationship
6.3 On the soteriological relevance of the Qur'an (with the involvement of Darius asghar-Zadeh)
6.4 Can God suffer?
6.5 Qur'anic stimuli for conceiving of emotions in God
7. New Perspectives on the Qur'an
7.1 Systematic conclusions from a Christian perspective
7.2 Systematic conclusions from a Muslim perspective
Bibliography
Reference text
2. The State of Christology in the Seventh Century
2.1 The Chalcedon controversy
2.2 A political compromise on dogma
2.3 The neo-Chalcedonian doctrine of enhypostasis
2.4 Christological debates among non-Chalcedonians
2.5 The Arabian Peninsula as a confluence of heresies?
2.6 The situation in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century
3. New Developments in Modern Christology
3.1 The starting point of consciousness Christology
3.2 The modern paradigm shift in relational ontology and its impact on Christology
3.3 Testing against the historical Jesus
3.4 Multiple incarnations?
4. A Holistic Reading of Surahs 19, 3 and 5 in the Context of a Diachronic Reading of the Qur'an's Verses about Jesus
4.1 Jesus in Surah Maryam
4.1.1 Zachariah and John
4.1.2 Mary and her child
4.1.3 Jesus's self-image
4.1.4 An anti-Christological intervention in Q 19:34-40?
4.1.5 Further themes in Surah Maryam
4.1.6 Prophetological consolidation in the late Meccan and early Medinan periods
4.2 Surah al 'Imran
4.2.1 Prologue (verses 1-32)
4.2.2 Narrative core (verses 33-62)
4.2.3 Religio-political arguments (verses 63-99)
4.2.4 Self-assurance of the Muslim community (verses 100-200)
4.2.5 Jesus crucified?
4.3 Surah al-Ma'ida
4.3.1 Structure and themes of the surah
4.3.2 Criticism of any deification of human beings
4.3.3 A break with Christianity?
5. Jesus's Position in Qur'anic Prophetology (Zishan Ghaffar)
5.1 the early Meccan surahs: eschatological prophecy
5.1.1 Imminent eschatological expectation?
5.2 The middle Meccan surahs: prophetology as a combination of salvation, election and mercy
5.2.1 The new context of the proclamation in the middle Meccan
period and its central topoi
5.2.2 The Qur'an's apostolic doctrine in the middle Meccan period
5.2.3 The birth of prophecy out of God's mercy
5.2.4 Muhammad as Moses redivivus - the consolidation of Qur'anic prophetology in the middle Meccan period
5.3 Late Meccan prophetology: the apology of the messengers
5.4 Qur'anic prophetology in Medina
5.4.1 from existential to textual typology
5.4.2 from community of fate to the universal community of the covenant: Qur'anic prophetology between universality and
exclusivity
5.4.3 the Messenger Muhammad as lawmaker and his special
prestige as a prophetic dignitary
5.4.4 Prophetology as a counter-discourse to Christology?
6. The Work of Jesus Christ and the Qur'an: A Forensic Search for Functional Equivalents
6.1 God's self-revelation in the Islamic tradition (with the involvement of Darius asghar-Zadeh)
6.2 The relation between God and humans as a liberating relationship
6.3 On the soteriological relevance of the Qur'an (with the involvement of Darius asghar-Zadeh)
6.4 Can God suffer?
6.5 Qur'anic stimuli for conceiving of emotions in God
7. New Perspectives on the Qur'an
7.1 Systematic conclusions from a Christian perspective
7.2 Systematic conclusions from a Muslim perspective
Bibliography
Reference text