Mary in the Qur'an

Friend of God, Virgin, Mother

Muna Tatari, Klaus Von Stosch, Peter Lewis

• Publisher: Gingko
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781909942639
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

A sensitive consideration of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Qur'an. An entire chapter (surah) is dedicated to her, and she is the only woman mentioned by name in the Qur'an—indeed, her name appears more frequently than that of either Muhammad or Jesus. From the earliest times to the present day, Mary, the mother of Jesus, continues to be held in high regard by Christians and Muslims alike, yet she has also been the cause of much tension between these two religions.In this groundbreaking study, Muna Tatari and Klaus von Stosch painstakingly reconstruct the picture of Mary that is presented in the Qur'an and show how veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church intersects and interacts with the testimony of the Qur'an. This sensitive and scholarly treatise offers a significant contribution to contemporary interfaith dialogue.

 

 

 

INTERFAITH SERIES

Series Editor
Joshua Ralston

Mary in the Qurʾan

Friend of God, Virgin, Mother

Muna Tatari
Klaus von Stosch

Translated by Peter Lewis

First English edition published in 2021 by
Gingko
4 Molasses Row
London SW11 3UX

First published in the German by Verlag Herder GmbH in 2021

Copyright © Muna Tatari 2021

Copyright © Klaus von Stosch 2021

The English language translation Copyright © Peter Lewis 2021

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Jacket image: Detail of miniature from the Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid al-Din. Shows the Annunciation to Mary. Copyright © The University of Edinburgh.

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Contents

Note on Transcription

Introduction

I.MARY IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION

1.Mary in the Bible

a)Mary in the Corpus Paulinum and the Gospel of Mark

b)Mary in the Gospel of Matthew

c)Mary in the Gospel of Luke

d)Mary in the Gospel of John

e)Summary

2.Mary in Patristics

a)The Protevangelium of James

b)Mary as the New Eve

c)Mary as the archetype of the Church

d)Mary’s purity and lack of sin

e)Virginity and labour pains

3.Dogmatic Precepts of Mariology

a)Perpetual virginity

b)Mary as the new human being freed from original sin

c)Other dogmatic precepts

4.Mary in the Political Theology of Late Antiquity

a)The political situation during the emergence of the Qurʾan

b)The religious propaganda of Heraclius

c)Mary as military commander

d)Jewish apocalyptic counter-images

II. MARY IN THE QURʾAN

1.The Surah Maryam

a)Zechariah and John the Baptist (1–15)

b)Mary’s withdrawal and the proclamation of Jesus’s birth (16–21)

c)Pregnancy and birth (22–26)

d)Mary’s conflicts and Jesus as the bringer of peace

e)Mary as the mother of Jesus and as a prophet?

f)Summary

2.The Surah Āl ʿImrān

a)On the genealogy of Mary

b)Mary’s birth and childhood – the connection with Zechariah

c)The first Annunciation scene

d)The second Annunciation scene

e)Other verses from the Medinan period prior to the confrontation with Byzantium

f)Summary

3.The Surah al-Māʾida

a)Criticism of the political Mariology of Byzantium

b)Criticism of the i...