The Same God?: Comparing the Bible with the Koran

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Vantage Press, Inc, 2006 - Religion - 202 pages
J. Birney Dibble's The Same God? Comparing the Bible with the Koran grapples with the historical origins of the two sacred texts. The author provides a biography of the prophet Mohammed and offers an analysis of the Koran and the Bible, comparing the two in context.

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Contents

There Is One God and He Cannot Have a Son
1
Praise Be to God
4
The Five Pillars of Islam
7
Further Duties of Believers
17
Proverbs Aphorisms Etc
31
Predestination
44
God Guides Whomever He Chooses
49
Tolerance of Unbelievers
54
Retaliation and War
89
The Creation Stories
94
Before the Egyptian Enslavement
99
Moses
128
The Monarchial Period
143
PostMonarchial Era
155
Jesus Son of Mary and Joseph
162
Peter Barnabas and Paul
173

Regarding Jews and Christians
58
Repentance and Forgiveness
63
Angels
67
Attitudes Towards Females
75
Divorce
85
Heaven and Hell
176
The Resurrection
186
The Final Day
196
A Prayer of Mohammed
202
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