Noah's other son :bridging the gap between the Bible and the Qu'ran /Brian Brown ; foreword by Salman Rushdie ; afterword by Rueven Firestone.

Name/Title

Noah's other son :bridging the gap between the Bible and the Qu'ran /Brian Brown ; foreword by Salman Rushdie ; afterword by Rueven Firestone.

Description

New preface for paperback edition -- People of the book -- Prologue : exploring common ground, from Ground Zero to Holy Ground -- Higher than angels : Adam/Aadam -- Raising Cain : Cain and Abel/Qabeel and Habeel -- Noah's other son : Noah/Nooh -- Towering ambition : Babel/Babylon -- The patriarch : Abraham/Ibrahim -- The matriarch : Hagar/Hajra -- The archer's jihad : Ishmael/Ismail -- The Hajj of life : Lot/Lut -- The Covenant : Yaqub/Jacob -- The dream : Yusuf/Joseph -- The foundation : Musa/Moses -- Three kings : Saul, David, Solomon/Talut, Dawoud, Sulaimon -- Women who have names : Bilqis, Zulaika, Khadija, Fatima, Maryam, Asiya/Ruth -- Cameo appearances : Enoch/Idris, Job/Ayyub, Isaac/Ishaq, Joshua/Yusha, Goliath/Galoot, Aaron/Haroon, Elijah/Illiyas, Ezekiel/Zul-Kifi, Aman/Haman, Ezra/Uzair, Jonah/Yunus, and Children of Israel/Bani Israel -- The mother of Jesus : Mary/Maryam -- The temple : Zacharias/Zakariya, John/Yahya -- Son of man, Son of God, Son of Mary : Jesus/'Isa -- The dome : Muhammad. xxi, 255 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Brown, Brian A.

Publication Subjects

Qur{mlrhring}an--Relation to the Bible Noah(Biblical figure)--In the Qur{mlrhring}an

Call No.

BP134 .B4 B76 2008

ISBN

9780826429964 (pbk.), 0826429963 (pbk.)

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Publication Info: New York ;London :Continuum,[2008], c2007.