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For example, the author says, "Hence the moral, edifying aspect of these Qur'anic stories.
In the first chapter, titled "What Is the Qur'an?" the author tries to present a brief history of mankind as discussed in the Qur'an.
Yet his obsession with this notion is clear in his repeated (and sometimes out of context) references to the pre-Islamic Book Reviews 109 Christians and monotheists of Makkah -almost as if he is trying to use repetition as a substitute for evidence.
In the chapter etitled "Abraham, the Muslim," the author contradicts himself by stating that "the history of humanity begins with Adam" (p.
For instance, in chapter 7, he writes, "In spite of the surprise of Christians, who find nothing of the sort in the Gospels 110 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 17.
The sixth theme, titled 'The Prophets who were 'Saved,"' examines the stories of the Qur'anic prophets with the usual comparison to biblical sources.
In the chapter "Jesus, Son of Mary," Jomier attempts to elaborate on his earlier contention that the Qur'anic approach to dealing with prophets is "beyond time and place," meaning removed from human reality.
Finally, in chapter 9, titled "Arguments and Persuasion," Jomier examines the effects of the Qur'an on the human psyche and tries to analyze it in terms Book Reviews 111 of its literary devices.
In the book under review, Professor Sulayman Nyang examines the arrival and development of Islam in America and asserts that it will stand permanently side-by-side with Christianity and Judaism and that these religions will co-exist peacefully.