New Book by Louay Fatoohi from Luna Plena Publishing: "Jesus The Muslim Prophet"

Birmingham, United Kingdom, February 15, 2010 --(PR.com)-- According to the Qur'an, Jesus introduced himself as a prophet of Islam and the awaited Messiah. Like the many Muslim prophets before him, his core message was to call people to worship God. He also tried to reform the practice of Judaism which had been corrupted over the centuries and brought the good news about the coming of Prophet Muhammad.

Jesus spoke about one God. He never taught that he or anybody else was or could be divine. He even called himself "son of man" to pre-empt the attempts to make him divine after him.

The author argues that it was Paul who started and promoted the concept that Jesus was man and god. He put Jesus' divinity at the heart of his theology, creating a religion, Christianity, that Jesus would not have recognized. The deification of Jesus was developed further by later theologians, leading to a Jesus that cannot be distinguished from God. This is the Jesus of the last of the four Gospels, John.

The different Jesuses that early Christianity created can be seen by comparing the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke with John, Paul's writings, and other New Testament books. Putting all twenty seven books in one volume cannot hide the fact that they do not promote one Jesus. In fact, inconsistency can be clearly seen even within most of these books, including each of the four Gospels.

This book contrasts the human Jesus of the Qur'an with the divine Jesus of Christian sources. It shows that the Qur'anic Jesus is the one that fits in history.

This focused study is for both the general reader and the expert. This easy-to-read and enjoyable book is for anyone interested in the question of the nature of Jesus in various scriptures and historical sources.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I: The Muslim Jesus

1. Muslim Messenger and Prophet
Islam
Jesus the Prophet
Jesus the Messenger
The Human Nature of the Prophets
"Prophet" Jesus in the Gospels
Jesus' Mission

2. The Human Historical Messiah
The Human Jewish Messiah
The Divine Christ
The Human Masih of the Qur'an

Part II: "Son Of Mary" Not "Son Of God"

3. The Non-Divine Jewish "Sonship of God"

4. The Christian "Sonship of God"
Christian Sons of God
The Unique Son of God
The Eternal Son of John
When Did Jesus' Sonship of God become Special?
Sonship of God, Messiahship, and Miracle Working
Sonship of God and Blasphemy

5. The Qur'an's Rejection of the "Sonship of God"
The Oneness of God
No Offspring of God
Jesus' False "Sonship of God"

6. Son of Man
The Unhistorical Link Between "Son of Man" and "Messiah"
Jesus' Use of the Term "Son of Man"

Part III: A Divine Theology For A Non-Divine Jesus

7. Pauline Christianity
Paul's Unhistorical Jesus
The Doctrine of the Atonement
Johannine Theology: The Ultimate Fruit of Pauline Christianity
The Heterogeneous Scriptural Sources of Christianity

8. The Trinity
The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
The Fallacy of the Trinity

9. Jesus: A Man Created by God and a God Created by Humans

Appendix A. The Qur'anic Verses that Refute Jesus' Divinity

References

Index of Qur'anic Verses

Index of Biblical Passages

Index of Names and Subjects

For more information about the book, please visit http://www.quranicstudies.com/louay-fatoohi-books/jesus-muslim-prophet/book-details-jesus-the-muslim-prophet.html.

This is the book page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Muslim-Prophet-History-Messiah/dp/1906342075

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