The second Sura as the Centre of the Koran in its relation to Judaism and Christianity

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  • Bertram Schmitz Universidade Friedrich Schiller Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25188/2447.7443.2015v23n1.318

Keywords:

Interfaith Koran interpretation, Judaism and the Koran, Christianity and the Koran

Abstract

Historically, is the revelation of the Koran from its beginning in the tension between Judaism and Christianity. Muhammad and his first listeners were well known to both religions, even if these listeners did not belong either to Judaism or Christianity. The submitted statements show how the second Sura, countered  by the emerging Islam in relation to the context of Judaism and Christianity, their positions in detail confirmed, modifies, or rejects. The second Sura can be understood as a through-composed work of art. In similar structure to the Torah it shows how Islam is justified and what he wants. She shows with historical and - in the broad sense of the word - theological arguments, how the other two religions would have to be replaced because they do not (more) embody the true religion of Abraham and thus of God, but have deviated from it and also contradict each other about it.

Author Biography

  • Bertram Schmitz, Universidade Friedrich Schiller

    Dr. Dr. Bertram Schmitz é Professor e o Catedrático da cadeira de Ciências da Religião da Universidade Friedrich Schiller, em Jena, na Alemanha. Suas áreas de concentração em pesquisa são o relacionamento entre Judaísmo, Cristianismo e Islamismo, bem como a relação entre religiões e arte respectivamente entre religiões e corporalidade. E-mail: bertramschmitz@yahoo.de.

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Published

01-06-2015

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Articles on various theological and interdisciplinary topics

How to Cite

SCHMITZ, Bertram. The second Sura as the Centre of the Koran in its relation to Judaism and Christianity. Vox Scripturae - Revista Teológica Internacional, São Bento do Sul, SC, v. 23, n. 1, p. 157–191, 2015. DOI: 10.25188/2447.7443.2015v23n1.318. Disponível em: https://revistas.flt.edu.br/voxscripturae/article/view/318. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2026.