Building Respect, Seeking Truth
Recordings of the collaborative seminar series, 'Reading the Bible in the context of Islam'.
Dr David Cook (Rice University)
Islamic Jeremiah according to Ibn ‘Asākir's History of Damascus
Seminar 30th June 2020
Draft paper available here
Rev Sameh Ibrahim (Presbyterian Church in Egypt) and Rev Fady Lous (Presbyterian Church USA)
The Rule of God in the Gospel of Mark and the Thoughts of Sayyid Qutb (d.1966)
Seminar 23rd June 2020
Saqib Hussain (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford)
Seminar: The Ordeal of the Bitter Water: The Qur'an's Reformulation of Numbers 5 in Q4:34 and the Issue of the Disobedient Wife
Seminar 16th June 2020
Dr Georgina Jardim (CMCS Oxford)
Thirst as Analogy for the Longing for God in the Bible and Qur’an: The Psalm of Hagar
Seminar given 9th June 2020
Dr Martin Whittingham (CMCS Oxford)
Seminar: Making an Impact Centuries after Death: ‘Abdallāh al-Tarjumān (d. after 1424/828AH), Franciscan Friar, Convert to Islam and Severe Critic of the Bible
Seminar given 2nd June 2020
Dr George Bristow (Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East)
No King But God (or Your Kingdom Come): A Theological Comparison of God’s Reign in the Biblical and Qur’anic Narratives of Abraham and David
Seminar given 26th May 2020.
Charles Ramsey (Baylor University),
'Blessed are the Peacemakers': Islamic Peace Ethics and Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan's reading of the Beatitudes
Seminar given 5th May 2020
From the intensive History of Muslim-Christian dialogue course
Dr Ida Glaser
Dr David Coffey (CMCS Houston),
The use of Admitted Truth in Muslim-Christian Dialogue
Dr Rana Abu Mounes (CMCS Oxford)
Christian-Muslim relations in the Ottoman empire in the 19th century
Part 2: Case study - the 1860 Damascus riots
Other seminars from the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford can be found here:
https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/resources/multimedia
They include seminars on the theme of 'Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam
Muslim Fascination with the Psalms
Dr Daniel J Crowther, Tuesday 10th March 2020
The Prophets amidst the Torah, the Writings and the Gospels: the Biblical concept of prophethood in conversation with the Qur'an
Dr Ida Glaser, Tuesday 28th January 2020
Guidance and Light? The wide variety of early Muslim engagement with the Bible
Dr Martin Whittingham, Tuesday 19th February 2019
The New Testament in Muslim Eyes: the author speaks about his new book on Galatians
Dr Shabbir Akhtar,12th February 2019