The Islamic Jesus by Mustafa Akyol
The Islamic Jesus reveals startling new truths about Islam in the context of the first Muslims and the early origins of Christianity. Muslims and the first Christians--the Jewish followers of Jesus--saw Jesus as not divine but rather as a prophet and human Messiah and that salvation comes from faith and good works, not merely as faith, as Christians would later emphasize. What Akyol seeks to reveal are how these core beliefs of Jewish Christianity, which got lost in history as a heresy, emerged in a new religion born in 7th Arabia: Islam. Akyol exposes this extraordinary historical connection between Judaism, Jewish Christianity and Islam--a major mystery unexplored by academia. From Jesus' Jewish followers to the Nazarenes and Ebionites to the Qu'ran's stories of Mary and Jesus, The Islamic Jesus will reveal links between religions that seem so contrary today. It will also call on Muslims to discover their own Jesus, at a time when they are troubled by their own Pharisees and Zealots.
Mustafa Akyol is a regular columnist for the Hurriyet Daily News, Al-Monitor.com, and the International New York Times. His book, Islam without Extremes, has been reviewed and quoted by a myriad of publications - includingThe Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post,NPR, The Guardian, National Review, Washington Times. Akyol has appeared on Fareed Zakaria's GPS on CNN, Hardtalk on BBC, and TED.com. Islam without Extremes was long-listed for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize literary prize, along with titles by Henry Kissinger, Francis Fukuyama and Niall Ferguson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250088697 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250088690 |
| Title | The Islamic Jesus |
| Author | Mustafa Akyol |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2017-02-14 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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