Foreword 1. The Human Predicament in Pre-Islamic Arabia 2. The Common ‘Wisdom Tradition’ Shared by the Ancient Hebrews and the Desert-Dwelling Arabians 3. The Mysterious Letters of the Qur’an 4. The Nomadic Battle Song of Judges 5: A New Translation and Commentary 5. John of Damascus: A Dialogue between a Saracen and a Christian 6. How the Qur’an Interprets the Bible: Towards a Christian-Muslim Dialogue 7. The Ethics of Malamatiya Sufism and the Sermon on the Mount 8. An Arab’s Concern with Life After Death 9. The Glosses in the Book of Genesis and the J-E Theory: An Attempt at a New Solution 10. Outstanding Passages in Qur’an and Bible
Biography
M. S. Seale was a Jewish born scholar and theologian who wrote about Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions and explored extensively the links between the religions. He taught at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut.
