The Qur'an and the Bible
in the light of
history and science

There is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a savior.
There is none but me!
Turn to me and be saved all you ends of the earth;
for I am God and there is no other.
By myself I have sworn,
My mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked.
Before me every knee will bow;
by me every tongue will swear.
They will say of me,
'In the LORD are righteousness and strength.'

Isaiah 45:21b-24a

Dr. William Campbell

			Page
	Preface		vii

	SECTION ONE Prologue
I.	Some Basic Assumptions About Words		3
II.	Basic Assumptions Peculiar to Dr. Bucaille's Book		15

	SECTION TWO The Bible as seen by the Qur'an and the Muslim Tradition
I.	What the Qur'an says About the Bible		31
II.	The Hadith and the Sunna		54

	SECTION THREE The Bible and the Qur'an: Effects of Criticism and Similarities in Their Development
I.	The Documentary Hypothesis— Its Effect on the Torah and the Qur'an		73
II.	New Testament Form Criticism— Its Effect on the Gospel and the Qur'an		88
III.	Historical Development of the Qur'an and the Gospel Compared
	A.	The Beginning Development of the Qur'an and the Gospel	96
	B.	The Final Collection of the Qur'an and the Gospel	110
	C.	Variant Readings in the Qur'an and the Bible	123
	D.	Struggle and Conflict in Early Christianity Compared with Struggle and Conflict in Early Islam	136
	E.	The Second Hundred Years of the Gospel	148
	F.	Summing up of the Development of the Qur'an and the Gospel	157

	SECTION FOUR Science and Revelation
I.	The Qur'an and the Bible: Foretelling Modern Science		161
II.	No Scientific Problems (Errors?!?) in the Qur'an
	A.	The Earth, the Heavens, and the 6 or 8 days of Creation	170
	B.	Anatomy, Embryology and Genetics	182
	C.	Fables, Allegories and History	211

	SECTION FIVE Methods of Proof in Revelation
I.	Gods Creative Power as Proof and How to Test a Revelation according to the Qur'an		223
II.	How to Test a Revelation According to the Torah		231

	SECTION SIX Jesus and Muhammad, Two Prophets for a Lost World?
I.	Muhammad's Prophethood		241
II.	Prophethood and Messiahship of Jesus		266
III.	Prophethood and Messiahship of Jesus - Continued		275
IV.	A Messiah to Suffer		284
V.	The Power of Intercession		291
VI.	Jesus as a Righteous Servant and Intercessor		312
VII.	Each in His Own Language		318

	Appendices
A.	Specific Miracles Reported in the Four Gospel Accounts		321
B.	Prophecies of the Details of Christ's Death and Their Fulfillment		333


	PHOTOGRAPHS OF MANUSCRIPTS

Photo 1.	Papyrus p46, I Corinthians 15, 200 AD		109
Photo 2.	Qur'an, Sura Al-Nur 24:34-36, 150 AH		125
Photo 3.	Codex Vaticanus, John 8-9, 350 AD		132
Photo 4.	Papyrus p52, John 18:31-33, before 150 AD		151
Photo 5.	Papyrus p75, Luke 24:31-50, 200 AD		153
Photo 6.	Codex Sinaiticus, John 1, 350 AD		155
Photo 7.	Papyrus p75, John 14:9-26, 200 AD		248
Photo 8.	Dead Sea Scroll, Isaiah 53, 100 BC		285
Photo 9.	Papyrus p66, John 10:13-17, 200 AD		289

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