McAuliffe, Jane Dammen. <br/><br/>
Qur'anic Christians :  an analysis of classical and modern exegesis / 
Jane Dammen McAuliffe. 
 - Cambridge [England] ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1991. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Qur'anic commentary and commentators -- pt. 2. Qur'anic commendation of Christians. 
<br/><br/> The Muslim perception of Christianity and Christians is an issue of longstanding debate among scholars of both Islam and Christianity. In this book, Jane McAuliffe analyses a series of passages from the Qur'an that make ostensibly positive remarks about Christians. She conducts this analysis through a close examination of Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, spanning ten centuries of commentary. In this effort to trace various interpretations of these passages, the author attempts to determine whether these positive passages can justifiably serve as proof-texts of Muslim tolerance of Christianity. She finds that commentators have consistently distinguished between the vast majority of Christians, who are denounced for having turned from the true word of God, and a small minority, who accepted the prophethood of Muhammed and are praised. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780511598203 0511598203 0521039282 9780521039284 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>90034284  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Qur'an--Commentaries--History and criticism.<br/>Cor'an--Commentaires--Histoire et critique.<br/>Qur'an.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity in the Qur'an.<br/>Christianisme dans le Coran.<br/>Christianity in the Qur'an.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP134.C45  / M35 1991eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297/.1228