Grace & Truth 13. Biblical Investigations of the Koran

Creator:

Language:

English, Bahasa

Audience:

Leaders, Secondary education and up

Geographical focus:

Global

Date First Published:

2020

Resource Type:

Course, Website

Topics / Themes:

Apologetics, BMB Bible interpretation, Islam or the Qur’an, Understanding the Bible

Overview:

A Ministry Course on Biblical Content in the Koran

Content:

STAGE 1 – INTRODUCTION

Unit 01 – PREVIEW: What to expect in this ministry course

 


Unit 02 – INNER LIMITS: Comparing the Bible and the Koran as BOOKS

 



STAGE 2 – Tracing Biblical PASSAGES and Biblical PERSONALITIES in the Koran


Unit 03 – SURVEY: For the Bible as a whole, produce a panorama of biblical PSSAGES that were taken up in the Koran

 


Unit 04 – COMPILE: For PERSONALITIES in the Bible taken up in the Koran produce lists of Bible passages and corresponding lists of Koran passages for each such biblical personality

 


Unit 05 – CORRELATE: For biblical passages on ADAM associate Koran passages to similar biblical passages, to find omissions of, additions to, and changes of biblical content in the Koran

 


Unit 06 – OBJECTIVES: Follow a general procedure for analyzing, explaining and using omissions, additions and changes between the Bible and the Koran


Unit 07 – INVESTIGATE OMISSIONS: For Adam in the Bible, what biblical content was omitted in the Koran, why was it omitted and what can you do about it in your ministry?

07.1 – OMISSION EXAMPLE 1: The LORD God (Genesis 2:4b omitted in the Koran)
07.2 – OMISSION EXAMPLE 2: The LORD God planted a garden in Eden as a place for Adam to live in (Genesis 2:8-14 omitted in the Koran)
07.3 – OMISSION EXAMPLE 3: The descendants of Adam and Eve from their third son Seth (Genesis 5:1-32 omitted in the Koran)

Unit 08 – INVESTIGATE ADDITIONS: For Adam in the Koran, what non-biblical content was added to the Koran, from where was it added and what can you do about it in your ministry?

08.1 – ADDITION EXAMPLE 1: Allah commanded the angels to worship Adam right after his creation. All obeyed except the Devil, who was condemned by Allah, but given respite on the Devil’s appeal (Six koranic passages about Adam added by the Koran)
08.2 – ADDITION EXAMPLE 2: Adam’s repentance and restitution (Three koranic verses about Adam added by the Koran)

Unit 09 – INVESTIGATE CHANGES: For Adam in the Bible and in the Koran, what biblical content was changed in the Koran, why was it changed and what can you do about it in your ministry?

09.1 – CHANGE EXAMPLE 1: Adam in the Garden and the interdiction to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil

151 — CHANGE EXAMPLE 1: Introduction to the ANALYSIS and EXPLANATION of these correlated texts from Bible and Koran

09.1.1 – Element 1: God put Adam in the Garden of Eden
09.1.2 – Element 2: The purpose of Adam in the Garden of Eden
09.1.3 – Element 3: God spoke to Adam
09.1.4 – Element 4: Permission to eat of every tree in the garden
09.1.5 – Element 5: Interdiction to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
09.1.6 – Element 6: Consequences of breaking this interdiction

Unit 10 – CONCLUDE: Bring together all findings in a panorama on how biblical content about Adam was modified in the Koran

10.1 – Adam in Genesis 1
10.2 – Adam in Genesis 2
10.3 – Adam in Genesis 3
10.4 – Adam in Genesis 4
10.5 – Adam in Genesis 5

Bible-study

Academic Discipline

Missiology, Religious studies, Theology

Academic Framework

Research Method

Qualitative Approach (General)

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