05896cam a2200841Mi 4500 ocn889251319 OCoLC 20200709060138.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 910731t19921992nju ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng rda pn E7B OCLCO JSTOR P@U OCLCA OCLCF DEBBG COO N$T YDXCP OCLCQ DEBSZ OCL OCLCQ IOG DEGRU MERUC EZ9 STF VTS TXC LVT LEAUB DKC OCL OCLCQ OCLCO 979954507 992905275 9781400862733 (electronic bk.) 1400862736 (electronic bk.) 9780691073989 0691073988 0691607052 9780691607054 10.1515/9781400862733 doi 790995 (N$T) (OCoLC)889251319 (OCoLC)979954507 (OCoLC)992905275 22573/ctt739j0c JSTOR BP173.J8 L39 1992eb REL037000 bisacsh REL 006210 bisacsh REL 040040 bisacsh 221.6/08/82971 20 MAIN Lazarus-Yafeh, Hava, author. Intertwined worlds : medieval Islam and Bible criticism / Hava Lazarus-Yafeh. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992] ©1992 1 online resource (193 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton legacy library Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Muslim Arguments against the Bible -- CHAPTER THREE. Ezra-'Uzayr: The Metamorphosis of a Polemical Motif -- CHAPTER FOUR. Muslim Bible Exegesis: The Prediction of Muhammad and Islam -- CHAPTER FIVE. Muslim Authors and the Problematics of Arabic Translations of the Bible -- CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion: From Late Antiquity to the Beginnings of Modern Bible Criticism -- Appendix: Jewish Knowledge of, and Attitudes toward, the Qur'an -- List of Biblical Verses Cited -- List of Qur'anic Verses Cited -- Index. Exploring the lively polemics among Jews, Christians, and Muslims during the Middle Ages, Hava Lazarus-Yafeh analyzes Muslim critical attitudes toward the Bible, some of which share common features with both pre-Islamic and early modern European Bible criticism. Unlike Jews and Christians, Muslims did not accept the text of the Bible as divine word, believing that it had been tampered with or falsified. This belief, she maintains, led to a critical approach to the Bible, which scrutinized its text as well as its ways of transmission. In their approach Muslim authors drew on pre-Islamic pagan, Gnostic, and other sectarian writings as well as on Rabbinic and Christian sources. Elements of this criticism may have later influenced Western thinkers and helped shape early modern Bible scholarship. Nevertheless, Muslims also took the Bible to predict the coming of Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They seem to have used mainly oral Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible and recorded some lost Jewish interpretations. In tracing the connections between pagan, Islamic, and modern Bible criticism, Lazarus-Yafeh demonstrates the importance of Muslim mediation between the ancient world and Europe in a hitherto unknown field. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. In English. Master record variable field(s) change: 630, 650 Bible. Old Testament Islamic interpretations. Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092 Islam Relations Judaism. Judaism Relations Islam. Islam Relations Christianity. Christianity and other religions Islam. RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament. bisacsh RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings. bisacsh Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst00859599 Interfaith relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01353343 Islam. fast (OCoLC)fst00979776 Islamic interpretations of sacred works. fast (OCoLC)fst01907309 Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst00984280 600-1500 fast Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Lazarus-Yafeh, Hava. Intertwined worlds : medieval Islam and Bible criticism. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992] xiii, 178 pages ; 23 cm Princeton legacy library 9780691607054 (DLC) 10899017 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=790995 De Gruyter DEGR 9781400862733 ebrary EBRY ebr10899017 EBSCOhost EBSC 790995 Project MUSE MUSE muse40416 YBP Library Services YANK 11997454 92 N$T 54922 54922