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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
JUDAISM AND ISLAM [Section 2, Chapter 2] Paid Members Public
page 73 SECOND SECTION Chapter II Stories borrowed from Judaism This division will prove to be the largest, partly, because these narratives, draped in the most marvellous garb of fiction, lived mostly in the mouth of the people; partly, because this fairy-tale form appealed to the poetic fancy of Muhammad,
THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN:EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT Paid Members Public
SECTION THREE THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN: EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER II NEW TESTAMENT FORM CRITICISM --- ITS EFFECT ON THE GOSPEL AND THE QUR'AN "Form criticism", which also originated in Germany, is an attempt to analyze the Gospel
Historical Development of the Qur'an and the Gospel Compared Paid Members Public
CHAPTER III HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUR'AN AND THE GOSPEL COMPARED In Section Two we examined what the Qur'an and the Hadith say about this question of "tahrif", of purposely changing the Gospel, and we found that neither of them support the charge. They
Struggle and Conflict in Early Christianity Compared with Struggle and Conflict in Early Islam Paid Members Public
"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry." --Luke 4:2 D.
Variant Readings In The Qur'an And The Bible Paid Members Public
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God' ". --Matthew
Of Myths and Women: A Response to "Women in Islam versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition" Paid Members Public
OF MYTHS AND WOMEN A RESPONSE TO MUSLIM APOLOGISTS ON THE HISTORICAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE WEST AND CHRISTIANITY By Martel Lull Introduction In 1995 Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem wrote an essay entitled Women in Islam versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition: The Myth & The Reality (see, e.
Comparative Index to Islam : PARAN Paid Members Public
PARAN Heb: Pa'ran ( ), meaning "place of caverns". Name of the place where Hagar and Ishmael went to when they were sent away by Abraham (Genesis 21:21), and where Ishmael continued to grow. Muslims argue that Paran refers to the Arabian desert and that Mt. Paran
"How Neil Armstrong became a Muslim" Paid Members Public
How Neil Armstrong "became" a Muslim Among the many rumors circulating in the Islamic world, the claim that Neil Armstrong, the famous Astronaut, has become a Muslim seems to be one that will never die. Hopefully, the following statement will help to put this claim at rest. Neil