Q1 ; Muslims believe Jews and Christians are “People of the Book” who received through the prophets the word/messages of God. These revelations where preserved in the Tanakh and New Testament and were pure when given. However, Muslims believe these scriptures became corrupted over the centuries by scribal/copyist errors. The Quran offers corrections to some of the “errors” of Bible that reveal the development of 7th century CE/1 century AH monotheistic theology. Read the following passages and see if you can identify the correction.
Note: you would benefit from reading the context of the verses listed below.
READ:
TANAKH Genesis 2:1-2 https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/2.htmLinks to an external site.
QURAN Qaf 50:38 https://www.clearquran.com/050.html Links to an external site.
QURAN al-Baqarah (The Heifer) 2:255 https://www.clearquran.com/002.html Links to an external site.
INTERPRET:
What does Genesis say about the resting of God? What does this come to mean in Judaism (and Christianity)? How does the Quran understand Genesis? Does the Quran make a correction to Genesis in these passages?
Q2 ; Muslims believe Jews and Christians are “People of the Book” who received through the prophets the word/messages of God. These revelations where preserved in the Tanakh and New Testament and were pure when given. However, Muslims believe these scriptures became corrupted over the centuries by scribal/copyist errors. The Quran offers corrections to some of the “errors” of Bible that reveal the development of 7th century CE/1 century AH monotheistic theology. Read the following passages and see if you can identify the correction.
Note: you would benefit from reading the context of the verses listed below.
READ:
GENESIS 22 https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/22.htmLinks to an external site.
QURAN as-Saffat (The Aligners) 37:99-109 https://www.clearquran.com/037.htmlLinks to an external site.
INTREPRET:
What is does the Quran see as problematic about Genesis 22? What corrections/additional information does as-Saffat 37 offer?
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