Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians - Electric Scotland

Contents
Introduction
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1. Discovering Scripture in Scripture 1
In the Beginning . . .”; The Name(s) and Nature of God; The
Bible in the Quran; History Begins; The Covenant and the
Covenants; Abraham; A Holy Land; Hagar and Ishmael;
Ishmaelites and Arabs; Abraham and Ishmael in Mecca; Israelite
Tales; Abraham the Builder; The Origins of the Meccan
Pilgrimage; The Binding of Isaac (or Ishmael); The Jews
in the Quran; Jesus in the Quran; Christians and Christianity
in the Quran
2. The Past Remembered 30
What the Arabs Thought, Remembered or Imagined; Mecca
before the Prophet; The Holy Place; The Kaaba; The Rituals
of the Kaaba; The Meccan Haram; Meccan Paganism; The
Quranic Evidence; The Cult Practices of the Arabs; The Jews
of Arabia; The Christians of Arabia
3. “And Muhammad Is His Messenger” 51
The Muhammad of History; Hagiography and History;
Muhammad: A Life; Imagining Revelation; The Message of
Islam; The Opposition; The “Satanic Verses”; Muhammad’s
Night Journey and Ascension; Muhammad Cleansed, and
Rapt; Boycott; The Hegira