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| Title: | Weight in the Word (HB @ PB Price)
: Prophethood -- Biblical & Quranic |
| Author: | Kenneth Cragg |
| ISBN: | 1903900263 : 9781903900260 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 204 |
| Weight: | .506 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - January 2002 |
| List Price: | 16.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Islam: Biblical studies; criticism & exegesis: Roman Catholicism; Roman Catholic Church |
This book explores prophethood in the Bible and in the Qur'an.
Contents: Preface; Messengers with Burdens; The Casting, The Saying, The Weighting; Prophetic Personality; Prophethood and Language; Prophet and Situation; Prophethood and Conscience; Prophethood in Suffering; Prophethood and God; Ongoing Finality; Notes; Index of Themes; Index of Names and Terms; Scriptural Citations.
"This is a profound and courageous attempt to compare and contrast Islamic ideas of prophecy, as found uniquely in Muhammad, with the prophetic tradition of the Hebrew Bible." -- John Barton, Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Oriel College, Oxford
