The Muslim Jesus
Subtitle: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: May 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780674004771
Subjects: Islam; Literature: History & Criticism; The historical Jesus; Religion - World Religions; Islamic interpretations; Comparative Religion; Arabic; Religion; Relations; Jesus Christ; Christian Theology - Christology; Islam - General; Religion / Islam; Christianity and other religions; Christianity; Jesus Christ in the Koran
Description: "This work presents in English translation the sayings and stories of Jesus in Arabic Islamic literature. In doing so, it traces a tradition of love and reverence for Jesus that has characterized Islamic though for more than a thousand years. A resource for the history of religions, the collection documents how one culture, that of Islam, assimilated the towering religious figure of another, that of Christianity.".

"Tarif Khalidi's introduction and commentaries place the sayings and stories in their historical context, showing how and why this "gospel" arose and the function it served within Muslim devotion. The Jesus that emerges here is a compelling figure of deep and life-giving spirituality. The sayings and stories, some 300 in number and arranged in chronological order, show us how the image of this Jesus evolved throughout a millennium of Islamic history."--BOOK JACKET.