The Other Prophet

Jesus in the Qur’an

Mouhanad Khorchide, Klaus von Stosch, Simon Pare

• Publisher: Gingko
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781909942967, 9781909942363
• eBook ISBN: 9781909942370
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christianity

Unique study of Jesus in the Qur'an by a Christian and a Muslim scholar writing together.

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.

First English edition published in 2019 by
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First published in the German by Verlag Herder GmbH in 2018

Copyright © Mouhanad Khorchide and Klaus von Stosch 2019

English language translation copyright © Simon Pare 2019

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1988 to be identified as author of this work.

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1988 to be identified as author of this work.

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Contents

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’ans 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-Māʾida

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’ans 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 proph...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle
• Halftitle 1
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The State of Christology in the Seventh Century
• 3 New Developments in Modern Christology
• 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
• 5 Jesus’s Position in Qur’anic Prophetology (Zishan Ghaffar)
• 6 The Work of Jesus Christ and the Qur’an: A Forensic Search for Functional Equivalents
• 7 New Perspectives on the Qur’an
• Bibliography
• Reference text