Number of Pages: 251
Publisher: Thoughts of Light Publishing
Year of Publication: 2013
Book Description:
Hunting for the Word of God: the quest for the original text of the New
Testament and the Qur'an in light of textual and historical criticism
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Hunting for the Word of God
Almost a century ago, scholars were debating the authenticity of some
passages of the New Testament. After a revolutionary renaissance in the
field of biblical textual criticism, however, they began to doubt the
genuineness of the entire text.
No longer are we able to claim the authenticity of even one passage from
the New Testament. The whole Christian edifice is now in danger.
Conversely, today the authenticity of the Qur’ānic text is also being
challenged by questioning the Islamic version of the preservation of the
Muslim holy book, and the preservation of the canonical readings of the
original text.
In the last decade, some missionaries started using the recent
discovery of Qur’ānic manuscripts in Sana’a (Yemen) to claim that there
had been an early corruption of the text.
This book aims at taking its readers on a journey through the latest
academic research on the topic, in the hope of bringing them as close as
possible to the heart of the debate. It also has, as its objective, to
provide the most satisfactory answers to the most bewildering questions
readers may have about the authenticity of the two texts in question—the
New Testament and the Qur’an.
The author’s expertise in both areas, the Biblical and Qur’ānic, will
enable the reader to gain solid knowledge of the subject matter tackled
in this book.
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