Islamic view of the Bible
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The Islamic view of the Bible is a topic in Islamic Christianity studies.
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Islamic Biblical exegesis
Muslims tend to the see Bible in the same way they see a Hadith, they believe in some parts of the Bible, while rejecting other parts, Based on the fact that the Bible today was not written immediately after Christ's death. Furthermore, a major part of Biblical text is written by Paul of Tarsus, who some insist never actually met Jesus. [citation needed] Paul is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of the Bible, and because of this, many Muslims do not see the Bible in a very respectable light.
The Biblical material is compared to Islamic sources, such as Islamic history, Islamic theology or Islamic science to evaluate the materials authenticity.
Rejected parts
Some parts of the Bible are wholly and totally rejected by Islam. This can be compared to a fabricated hadith.
Fabrications posing divine origin
There are some parts of the Bible that Muslim Christianity scholars regarded as fabrications posing to be of Divine Origin.
Muslims believe that divine origin can be either direct, as in God quoted as addressing Moses, or indirectly Jesus, Isaiah, Moses or some other prophet quoted as giving a revelation.
This includes:
- God instructing Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, while the Qur'an implies Ishmael was the one to be sacrificed.
- God resting after the act of creation, while the Qur'an explicitly reports God not being strained from it.
- Prophets with their daughters due to execive alcohol consumption, or offering them to be raped, and doing other actions perceived as despicable in the view of Islam, while Muslims in general absolve them from such acts.
Fabricated human testimonies
This includes:
- John reporting that he received report from a "reliable witness" that saw Jesus being killed by crucifixion, while he himself abandoned his master, while the Qur'an reports that it only seemed to people that Jesus was killed on the cross, and those saying otherwise are giving conjecture.
- The end of the revelation of Mark, that is believed to be a fabrications by some Christian Bible scholars.
- 1 John, chapter 5, verse 7, believed to be a fabrications by some Christian Bible scholars.
Pure human creation
This can include:
- Many of the teachings of Paulus.
Poor or deceptive translation
This can include:
- Translating to "Son of God" instead of "Servant of God".
- Translating the Hebrew word "Arab" to "wilderness" instead of "Arabia".
- Deceptive translation of the 3 last lines of Deutrinum 33:2.
- Translating the Greek word "Parakletos" to "comforter" in reference to what Christians claim is the Holy Ghost, while the word does not have such a conotaition. It means "advocate," as used in reference to Jesus [1].
Partially accepted parts
Some parts of the Bible are belived to be partially correct. This can be compared to a weak hadith.
This can include:
Supported by weak Islamic sources
Supported by Islamic sources that are regarded as weak.
Not Supported in detailed by Islamic sources
Supported Islamic sources that authentic, but not to the same degree of detail as the Bible reports.
Neutral parts
Not supported in Islamic sources that are regarded as authentic, but are not found objectionable.
Accepted parts
Some parts of the Bible are believed to be authentic. This can be compared to a authentic hadith.
- Main article: Islam in the Bible
In this category contains the parts of the Bible that are perceived to contain Islam, for example, Muslims believe that in Isaiah 42 Muhammad was described. Christians believe that these servant songs referred to the coming Christ.
Muslims believe that in the last sermon of Jesus in the Gospel of John Muhammad was foretold. Christians usually believe that Jesus was referring to the Holy Spirit.
