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Tamar, the only daughter of King David was raped by her half-brother. King David was at a loss to protect or give her much-needed justice. This is a biblical tale of complex turns and twists and leave
There is no conflict between reason and revelation in Islam.
The Bible is considered holy by many and X-rated by others. It is a mixture of facts and fiction, some of them quite sexually violent and promiscuous. The irony is that these hedonistic passages are p
Salvation is a concept that plays a significant role in both Christianity and Islam, two of the world's major religions.
The Qur'an fundamentally opposes several key Christian beliefs, including the Trinity, the notion of Jesus as the Son of God and a divine figure within the Trinity, and related concepts such as origin
In Islamic tradition, Prophets hold a revered status, being regarded as individuals of impeccable moral character, righteousness, and unwavering devotion to God.
Even though Jacob, known as Yaakov in Hebrew, holds great significance in Judaism as one of the early patriarchs of the Israelite people, he is often referred to as a cunning trickster in the Bible du
The Gospels are more emphatic about Jesus’ humanity, prophet-hood and servitude to God Almighty than his divinity.
The Gospels were changed and modified to respond to the situations at hand.
The composition, authorship, and historical authenticity of the New Testament present an intriguing aspect of early Christian history, especially considering that Jesus Christ himself did not direct a
Beyond the indirect and cryptic arguments from the Gospels regarding Jesus' divinity, modern evangelists often attempt to substantiate this claim through the events of the crucifixion and resurrection
Among the world's religions, Islam stands out as a staunch advocate of pure, strict, and morally simple monotheism. While Judaism claims to be the progenitor of monotheistic traditions, it does not co
The understanding of God distinctive to the Hebrew Bible and hence to Judaic tradition is an amalgamation of anthropomorphic (manlike) and transcendental (otherworldly) tendencies.
“IS GOD DEAD?” asked Time magazine in its April 8, 1966 issue. Yes, “God is dead,” responded three American theologians.
God is nothing but a rarified, esoteric, and exalted version of man.
Nineteenth-century evolutionary theories of religion primarily sought to understand the origin, development, and function of religion in human societies rather than in the heavens.
Renowned British Sociologist Earnest Gellner argues that “there is one very real, dramatic and conspicuous exception to all this: Islam. To say that secularization prevails in Islam is not contentio
هذا الكتاب عرضٌ تفصيلي لقضايا تجسيم الخالق وتجسيده
أربكت العلمانيةُ والماديةُ الفلسفيةُ واللاأدرية والإلحادُ الصارخ
إن التجسُّد هو شكل من أشكال تشبيه الله بالبشر
إن التصور التوراتي لله، ومن ثمّ التصور اليهودي لله، عبارة عن خليط من الاتجاهات التجسيدية والمتعالية
تكمن أصول التجسيد التوراتي لله في سِفر التكوين
دفع الفكرُ الهيليني اليوناني مجموعة من العلماء اليهود إلى القيام بتأويل التعبيرات التجسيدية تأويلاً مجازي
The Talmud holds a pivotal role in Rabbinic Judaism, ranking just after the Torah in its significance within Jewish tradition. Essentially, the Torah's comprehension, interpretation, and application i
The rabbinic authorities, with rare exception, emboldened the physical depictions of God and made it so graphic that the Talmudic God became nothing short of a complete human being with excessive huma
The Christian Trinitarian, incarnational, and man-God theology clearly has its origins in Jewish traditions.
The strict, ethical monotheism is an Islamic gift to the Jewish people and civilization rather than vice versa.
The influence of Muslim culture on medieval Jewish civilization was significant and multifaceted, reflecting the close interactions between these communities, especially in regions like the Iberian Pe
Medieval Jewish philosophy was indeed heavily influenced by Islamic philosophy, and it can be seen as an extension or continuation of the intellectual tradition that was flourishing in the Islamic wor
Maimonides' life and work were deeply influenced by the Islamic world, and his background was shaped by the cultural and intellectual milieu of the Islamic Golden Age.
Medieval Muslim theologians, philosophers, and polemics took the Jewish scholarship to task for Jewish primitive, irrational, contradictory, and manlike (anthropomorphic) concepts of God, supremacist
The Torah is the most important and authoritative book in the Jewish faith.
Though significant results were achieved by the as mentioned scholars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, nobody attempted to differentiate clearly between various parts of the Pentateuch.
In reality, the original Christian Bible, which was supposedly used by Jesus and his followers, was the Hebrew Bible of the Jewish community.
‘Get rid of the Old Testament’ was the solution typified by Marcion.
Men like Roman philosophers Celsus, Porphyry, and others did point out the existence of immoralities, contradictions, inconsistencies as well as anthropomorphisms contained in the Old Testament, ident
The liberal writers observed that the Old Testament had over time evolved from primitive to more developed forms and had gone through a fundamental change during this developmental process.
The student would have to study the New Testament to explore Christian views on these fundamental areas because the New Testament alone is the claimed primary authority for most Christians. In this ca
Numerous academics contend that a significant portion of the statements in the Gospels attributed to Jesus may not actually be his words, but rather post-resurrection declarations from his disciples o