Associate Professor of Theology Faculty of Tabriz University
10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
Abstract
This article examines the citations of Orientalists to al-Baydawi's Tafsir and, consequently, various aspects of Islamic studies. The aim of this research is to discover and analyze the cultural, historical, and religious interactions between Islam and Judaism. It attempts to investigate the reciprocal influences and religious interactions during the era of the Prophet Muhammad. This research, using the method of content analysis of historical texts and the interpretation of the Bible and the Quran, shows that some Orientalists have cited Sunni interpretations, including al-Baydawi's Tafsir, regarding concepts derived from the literature of the People of the Book and vocabulary related to Judaism in the Quran, such as the word "Furqan," fasting in Islam, the Prophet's potential teachers, laws derived from the Torah, and the status of Jesus Christ as "the Word of God." The conclusion of this research reveals the misinterpretations of Orientalists and some Sunni commentators regarding the continuity and richness of cultural interaction between monotheistic religions, as well as the clear evidence of linguistic and cultural interactions in the early Islamic period.
mahdavi, M. (2025). The Alleged Debt of the Quran to the Old and New Testaments in the Works of Orientalists and its Context in al-Baydawi's Tafsir. Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (), -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
MLA
mahdavi, M. . "The Alleged Debt of the Quran to the Old and New Testaments in the Works of Orientalists and its Context in al-Baydawi's Tafsir", Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
HARVARD
mahdavi, M. (2025). 'The Alleged Debt of the Quran to the Old and New Testaments in the Works of Orientalists and its Context in al-Baydawi's Tafsir', Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
CHICAGO
M. mahdavi, "The Alleged Debt of the Quran to the Old and New Testaments in the Works of Orientalists and its Context in al-Baydawi's Tafsir," Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (2025): -, doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
VANCOUVER
mahdavi, M. The Alleged Debt of the Quran to the Old and New Testaments in the Works of Orientalists and its Context in al-Baydawi's Tafsir. Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.389573.1408
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