Qur’an, Crucifixion, and Talmud: A New Reading of Q 4:157-58

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Mevorach, Ian

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2017

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19

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This paper establishes and explores the inter-textuality of Sanhedrin 43a (a text from the Babylonian Talmud that contains a rabbinic counter-narrative to the New Testament story of Jesus’ death) with Q 4:157-58 (two verses of the Qur’an which have historically been read by Muslim and Christian scholars as a denial of Jesus’ death by crucifixion). The idea that the Qur’an denies the New Testament story of the crucifixion makes the two scriptures appear mutually exclusive. This article suggests that, rather than denying Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, the Qur’an may be defending this story from a counter-narrative.|Keywords: Christian-Muslim relations, Abrahamic dialogue, Jewish-Christian relations, Qur’anic Jesus, Talmudic Jesus

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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University

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Journal of Religion and Society