Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an and Other Religions

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Qur’ān and Modern Tafsīr
	Islamic Reform, Tafsīr, and Religious Diversity
	Reformist Muslim Approach to Medieval Qur’ān Commentaries
	Concluding Remarks
2. Toward Understanding the Qur’ān’s Polemical Texts
	The Qur’ān and Its Polemical Context
	The Ambiguity of Qur’ānic Criticisms
	Is the Qur’ān Supersessionist?
	Concluding Remarks
3. Contesting the Theology of Exclusivist Salvation
	Al-Islām as the Only True Path to Salvation
	Between Inclusive and Exclusive Islam
	Reinterpreting the Superiority of Islam
	Concluding Remarks
4. The Falsification of Jewish and Christian Scriptures
	The Charge of Scriptural Distortion
	The Concealment of Truth
	Between Twisting the Tongues and Writing the Book with Hands
	Concluding Remarks
5. Qur’ānic Denials of Sonship, Human-Divinity, and the Trinity
	“Son of God”
	The Divine Nature of Jesus
	Trinitarian Doctrine
	Concluding Remarks
6. Interreligious Restrictions and Engagements
	Treatment of Non-Muslim Dhimmīs
	Friendship with the Unbelievers
	Obstacles to Interreligious Relations
	Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index