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Challenging Islamic traditions [electronic resource] : searching questions about the Hadith from a Christian perspective / Bernie Power.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Pasadena, CA : William Carey Library, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780878086016
  • 0878086013
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Challenging Islamic traditions.DDC classification:
  • 297.1/2516 23
LOC classification:
  • BP135 .P69 2016eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
I. Critical issues. The challenges of Identifying the Hadith -- Attitudes of scholars toward the Hadith -- The relationships between Quar'an and Hadith -- Muhammad's variant behavior -- Results of contradictory Hadiths -- The next generations -- Compilation of the Hadith -- Isnād and transmitter problems -- II. Contrasts with biblical teaching. Differing views of God -- The character and actions of Muhammad compared with Jesus -- Muhammad and Jesus, vengeance and violence -- Women in the Hadith -- History, Heaven and Hell -- III. Challenges from the other perspectives. Scientific problems in the Hadith -- Political, social, financial, and legal policies -- Human rights concerns -- IV. Practical implications -- To challenge or not to challenge? -- Conclusion.
Summary: The Hadith are Islam's most influential texts after the Qur'an. They outline in detail what the Qur'an often leaves unsaid. The Hadith are a foundation for Islamic law and theology and a key to understanding the worldview of Islam and why many Muslims do the things they do. This book subjects the Hadith to a critical analysis from a biblical perspective. In a scholarly and respectful way, it exposes significant inconsistencies within these ancient documents and highlights potential problems with the Muslim-Christian interface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-274) and index.

I. Critical issues. The challenges of Identifying the Hadith -- Attitudes of scholars toward the Hadith -- The relationships between Quar'an and Hadith -- Muhammad's variant behavior -- Results of contradictory Hadiths -- The next generations -- Compilation of the Hadith -- Isnād and transmitter problems -- II. Contrasts with biblical teaching. Differing views of God -- The character and actions of Muhammad compared with Jesus -- Muhammad and Jesus, vengeance and violence -- Women in the Hadith -- History, Heaven and Hell -- III. Challenges from the other perspectives. Scientific problems in the Hadith -- Political, social, financial, and legal policies -- Human rights concerns -- IV. Practical implications -- To challenge or not to challenge? -- Conclusion.

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The Hadith are Islam's most influential texts after the Qur'an. They outline in detail what the Qur'an often leaves unsaid. The Hadith are a foundation for Islamic law and theology and a key to understanding the worldview of Islam and why many Muslims do the things they do. This book subjects the Hadith to a critical analysis from a biblical perspective. In a scholarly and respectful way, it exposes significant inconsistencies within these ancient documents and highlights potential problems with the Muslim-Christian interface.