parallel tracks, parallel lives Peters, F. E. (Francis E.) creator text bibliography biography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng

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(xxiii, 214 p.) 22 cm. Jesus and Muhammad are two of the best known and revered figures in history, each with a billion or more global followers. Here, Peters offers a clear and compelling analysis of the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammad. Introduction. Clearing the ground. The art of portraiture ; The long quests ; History and revelation ; Saints and their lives ; In the eyes of the believers ; Polemic and history ; Two foreign countries ; Parallel tracks, parallel lives -- The Settings. Jesus and first-century Palestine ; The context for Muhammad ; The prophets in place -- Opening the Files. The dossier on Jesus ; The dossier on Muhammad ; The New Testament and the Quran -- The Critic at work : coming of age. Jesus' infancy narratives ; The "infancy gospel of Islam" ; Where do we stand? -- The Living Voice. Jesus speaks ; Muhammad speaks, or sings ; Q and the Hadith -- The message : Jesus in Galilee. The shape of the gospels ; John the Baptist and Jesus ; The twelve ; Spreading the good news ; An itinerant preacher ; What was the good news? ; The kingdom ; Messiahs and the Messiah ; Signs and wonders ; A Jewish teacher ; The man and the message -- The message : Muhammad at Mecca. A preliminary exercise ; The man Muhammad ; The call to prophecy ; An experience of the unseen world ; A heavenly journey ; Identification, validation ; Muhammad's public preaching ; The Muslims pray ; Growing pressures ; The Satanic Verses ; Threats of the judgment ; The seal of the prophets ; Identifying the prophet ; Two prophetic reformers ; The plot against Muhammad ; A resort to violence ; The migration ; Two versions of the good news -- Act two : tragedy and Triumph. Jesus in Jerusalem ; Muhammad at Medina ; Politics and piety -- A new dawn : the aftermath, the legacy. Jesus, the aftermath ; Muhammad, the legacy ; Portraits from life -- Epilogue : spreading the word. Without the Lord ; How the message spread ; Making Christians ; Without the prophet ; The missionary impulse ; Conversion and assimilation ; Making Muslims. F. E. Peters. Includes bibliographical references and index. Available to OhioLINK libraries. Jesus Christ Biography Prophet Muhammad d. 632 Biography Christianity and other religions Islam Islam Relations Christianity BT301.3 .P43 2011 0199747466 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780199747467 (hardback : alk. paper) Available to OhioLINK libraries. 120522 20230110150225.0