The Bible and the Qur'an: Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition, JohnKaltner and Younus Y.Mirza, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2018 (ISBN 978-0-567-66600-0), viii +172 pp., pb £19.99

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 700-702
Author(s):  
Tom Wilson
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Biblical Figures

scholarly journals PERDEBATAN PENGGUNAAN HERMENEUTIKA SEBAGAI METODE PENAFSIRAN AL-QUR'AN

ALQALAM ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
MASRUKHIN MUHSIN
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
New Method ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
To Come

The word hermeneutics derives from the Greek verb, hermeneuin. It means to interpret and to translate. Hermeneutics is divided into three kinds: the theory of hermeneutics, the philosophy hermeneutics, and the critical hermenmtics. Hasan Hanfi is known as the first scholar who introduces hermeneutics in the Islamic World through his work dealing with the new method of interpretation. Nashr Hamid Abu-Zaid is another figure who has much studied hermenmtics in the classical interpretation. Ali Harb is a figure who also much involved in discussing the critism of text even though he does not fully concern on literature or art, but on the thoughts. Muslim thinker who has similar view with Ali Harab in seeing that the backwardness of Arab-Islam from the West is caused by the system of thoguht used by Arah-Muslim not able to come out of obstinary and taqlid is Muhammad Syahmr. On the other side, ones who refuse hermeneutics argue that since its heginning, hermeneutics must be studied suspiciously because it is not derived from the Islamic tradition, but from the unbeliever scientific tradition, Jews and Chrtians in which they use it as a method to interpret the Bible. Practically, in interpreting the Qur'an, hermeneutics even strengthens something, namely the hegemony of scularism-liberalism in the Muslim World that Muslims must actually destroy. Keywords: Hermeneutics, Tafsir, al qur'an

Practical Leadership: Learning from Great Rulers in Histor

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Jennifer Operio
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Paper Cover ◽  
Biblical Figures

This paper examines the applied principles and leadership styles of great ancient men in the light of the Bible as the Word of God. Practically speaking, scholarly literature in leadership and management lacked attention to studying biblical figures as leaders. The author utilized secondary analysis of qualitative information from documented life stories of renowned leaders in human history. This paper uses qualitative content analysis to evaluate patterns of famous ancient leaders' styles in leading their subjects. With content analysis, the author is obliged to read and re-read the text, specifically the Bible as the main source of data and focusing on the specific timeline of the ancient world.  The scope and limitation of this paper cover only the discussion on the prominent historical people, specifically Biblical characters and does not include the current leaders of our time. This paper hopes to bring back the basics on leading people worth emulating by modern-day leaders. It explores the successes and failures of these ancient leaders that shaped history and even world cultures.

Biblical Figures Outside the Bible (review)

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-614
Author(s):  
Arthur G. Holder
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Figures

Biblical Seductresses

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Shira Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Close Reading ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Explicit Evaluation ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Biblical Figures

Within the texts of the Bible, there are seductresses who are portrayed as resisting the patriarchal values of biblical society by employing their feminine wiles to manipulate powerful males. These women sacrifice their own virtue by taking initiative in sexually daring acts and subordinating their victim of seduction to further their pursuits. Numerous female biblical figures are praised after utilizing their feminine weapons to achieve their ends; however, these seducers, some of whom are married, engage in questionable means. Since the Bible does not render an explicit evaluation, I aim to investigate such seductive behavior in an effort to assess the conduct of biblical seductresses and illuminate the role of women depicted in the Bible. A close reading of the texts and an examination of rabbinic interpretations of episodes in which Lot’s daughters, Tamar, Jael, Ruth and Esther each perform seductive acts can be used as a resource to further support contemporary feminist readings which justify biblical female characters’ use of morally dubious means to accomplish noble aims.

Adam as vicegerent of God

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Nestler
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Attributes Of God

Ibn ʿArabī is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential mystics within the Islamic tradition with an extremely extensive and complex oeuvre, which to this day has been the subject of numerous studies in both East and West. The present contribution is also dedicated to one of these writings, namely the work Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, and examines in the chapter on Adam his role as a vicegerent of God (ḫalīfat Allāh), who in Ibn ʿArabī’s mystical doctrine of being is ascribed the status of a »perfect human« (al-insān al-kāmil). Starting from Q 2:30-34, where Adam is presented as ḫalīfat Allāh, the author presents a precise textual analysis of this first chapter in Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam based on three levels of relationship which Adam has to the world, to the angels and to God, showing how the perfection of Adam can be recognized and measured. In Ibn ʿArabī, Adam is by no means only considered to be the first man and forefather of mankind, as one could claim for the Koran and the Bible; first and foremost, he embodies the prototype of man or the essence of human being itself, which basically has the ability to manifest the attributes of God in such a way that it can attain the status of perfection and vicegerency. This fundamental potential testifies to a special human dignity, which is already expressed in the Koran using the figure of Adam and which is also the subject of this study.

Dostoevsky

2020 ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
George Pattison
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Psychological Disturbance ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Brothers Karamazov ◽  
Brothers Karamazov ◽  
Christ Figures ◽  
Biblical Figures

Focusing only on aspects of Dostoevsky’s work that relate to questions of religion, this chapter begins by examining the role of suffering in its manifold forms, including sickness and disease, social injustice, psychological disturbance, and violence. For Dostoevsky, deliverance from suffering must involve more than material betterment, and freedom must have a decisive role in any truly productive response. However, freedom must do more than protest, since humility and forgiveness also have a central role. Both question and response are figured in an exemplary way in the Bible, and Dostoevsky makes significant use of biblical figures such as Job and, especially, Christ. Several characters in the novels are often seen as Christ figures (Sonia Marmeladova, Prince Myshkin), though their roles remain debatable. More generally, the question is raised as to whether Dostoevsky’s ‘weak’, kenotic Christ has power to save, although Alyosha’s dream in The Brothers Karamazov also hints at the glorified Christ in heaven. Russia has a particular providential role in salvation in Dostoevsky’s journalism and also, though ambiguously, in the novels. Despite possible perceptions of narrow nationalism, Dostoevsky was from early on seen as speaking to the universal-human condition (thus Soloviev), and his work has been positively received in the West as contributing to a theological response to the crises of modernity.

scholarly journals PANDANGAN ALKITAB MENGENAI PERNIKAHAN YANG TIDAK SEIMAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Victoria Woen
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Biblical Figures

General theory: Marriage is an institution authorized by God which involves the union of a man and a woman as "one flesh" in a lifelong relationship. The method used by the authors in this study is a quantitative research method. In this research besides being descriptive, the writer also uses survey method because the survey method is one of the characteristics of descriptive research. The purpose of writing this article is to know the meaning of marriage in the Bible, the Old Testament view of unbelieving marriage, and the New Testament view of unbelieving marriage. The results obtained are, (1) the meaning of marriage in the Bible is an institution authorized by God which involves the union of a man and a woman as "one flesh" in a lifetime relationship. (2) The Old Testament view of unfaithful marriage, as exemplified by the biblical figures in the Old Testament, is known that the Israelites were not accustomed to marrying people from non-nationals or relatives. (3) The New Testament view of unbelieving marriage. II Corinthians 6:14 says: "Do not be an unequal partner with unbelievers." that marrying a partner who is not a believer or having a different religion is strongly opposed by the Bible. God does not want Christians to marry unbelievers because that will require a life-long struggle.AbstrakTeori umum: Pernikahan adalah lembaga yang disahkan Allah yang melibatkan penyatuan seorang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan sebagai “satu daging” dalam suatu hubungan seumur hidup. Metode yang dipakai oleh penulis dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kuantitatif. Di dalam penelitian ini selain bersifat deskriptif, penulis juga menggunakan metode survei karena metode survei merupakan salah satu ciri penelitian yang bersifat deskriptif. Tujuan Penulisan Artikel ini adalah mengetahui makna pernikahan dalam Alkitab, Pandangan Perjanjian Lama mengenai pernikahan tidak seiman, dan Pandangan Perjanjian Baru mengenai pernikahan tidak seiman. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu, (1) makna pernikahan dalam Alkitab adalah lembaga yang disahkan Allah yang melibatkan penyatuan seorang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan sebagai “satu daging” dalam suatu hubungan seumur hidup. (2) Pandangan Perjanjian Lama mengenai pernikahan tidak seiman, sebagaimana teladan tokoh-tokoh alkitab dalam Perjanjian Lama, diketahui bahwa bangsa Israel tidak biasa menikah dengan orang dari bukan sebangsa atau sanak-saudaranya. (3) Pandangan Perjanjian Baru mengenai pernikahan tidak seiman. II Korintus 6:14 mengatakan: “Janganlah kamu merupakan pasangan yang tidak seimbang dengan orang-orang yang tak percaya”. bahwa menikah dengan pasangan yang tidak seiman atau berbeda agama sangatlah ditentang oleh Alkitab. Allah tidak menginginkan umat Kristen menikah dengan pasangan yang tidak seiman karena hal itu akan membutuhkan pergumulan seumur hidup.

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