Episode 3: Jesus in the Qur'an
Minding Scripture
English - November 04, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsReligion Religion & Spirituality Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jesus is a figure of great importance in the holy scripture of Islam, in the Qur’an. Can belief in Jesus join together Christians and Muslims, then? In an interview with Mun'im Sirry, Francesca Murphy and Gabriel Said Reynolds explore the commonalities between qur'anic and biblical account of Jesus, while also shedding light on the differences: the miracles which are not mentioned in the Bible, why Jesus' is not considered divine, and why the Qur'an is ambiguous regarding Jesus' death.