The Potato Tomatoes of God Globally there are an estimated 2.2 billion Christians and 1.8 billion Muslims alive today. Both of these religions have adapted passages, and epochs from the Old Testament. Though the roots of these religions are similar, interpretation of these ancient texts vary between the two faiths. The book of Genesis, the plight of Noah, and the struggles of the Israelites when enslaved by the pharaoh, are told differently between the Bible and the Quran. Though the themes of these stories remain largely the same in both books, there are subtle differences which make each version unique. The Bible teaches that Adam was created in God’s image, and that Eve was created from Adam’s rib, in order to end his solidarity in paradise. …show more content…
In the Bible Noah is referred to as “a preacher of righteousness” (Peter 2:5). Noah is a man of God who receives warning of a great flood to cover the planet, sent by God to wash the sins of mankind clean. When Noah builds the Ark, his wife and three sons board. The rest of the Earth, and humanity is drowned with Gods anger. When the waters resides, the Ark is said to have come to rest in the Mountains of Ararat. (Gen. 8.4) The Quran goes into depth about the dialogue that Noah had with the “wicked”. He successfully converts several faithful to his Ark, but his wife and one sons reject Noah, and drown in the rain. When the flood resides, the Quran says that Noah, and his Ark come to rest on Mount Judi, which is a specific peak of the Ararat mountain range in modern day Turkey. Contrary to the Bible, and although certain Islamic scholars claim different interpretations, the Quran does not teach that there was a global flood, just a severe flooding of the region. Noah story changes depending on who is telling it, and the inconsistencies between scriptures continue into the times of …show more content…
Before Moses led his people from Egypt into the desert, Aaron is said to have given speeches, and performed miracles because Moses was not yet ready to do so. Aaron is said to have aided in the construction of the Golden Calf when Moses climbs the mountain to receive the laws of God. In Exodus, Aaron losses faith in God when he melts the gold to cast the false idol. When Moses implores the Pharaoh to release the Israelites for the first time, he brings no signs and performs no miracles. Pharaoh’s sorcerers do not repent in the eyes of God and attempt perform their own miracles to show the strength of the Egyptian deities. Ultimately in Exodus the Pharaoh drowns when Moses parts the sea without repenting. Aaron as portrayed in the Quran, was considered God’s messenger. Aaron was an answer to Moses’s prayer for human support within his family. Moses holds Aaron’s speaking abilities in high regard, and values his coherency. Aaron does not aid in the construction of the Golden Calf in the Quranic version. Being a holy messenger, Aaron speaks out against the Calf’s construction as he is considered to be representing Moses in his absence. Aaron warns the Israelites that God will be angry but they do not listen and worship the false idol regardless. When Moses demands the release of the Israelites from Pharaoh’s servitude, the Quran says the sorcerers repent when witnessing the signs of God.
The Bible is a large and rather confusing book of laws, parables and true stories. The most important story in the Bible, in the story of Jesus ' birth. These two passages which tell of Jesus ' birth are, especially because Christians, at least the majority of them, base their beliefs on it, along with his death. Matthew and Luke are the only two books out of the sixty-six in the bible which give detailed descriptions of the monumental event. There is the main idea in American culture that the Birth story is clear, that there are not any issues between Matthew and Luke 's stories. However, there are many conflicting facts in the two books, although most of them are easily thought, though, there are some that are a little harder to explain,
(John L. Esposito 2012 islamicity.org). Christianity accepts God’s covenant with and revelation to the Jews but traditionally has seen itself as superseding Judaism with the coming of Jesus. Thus, Christianity speaks of its new covenant and New Testament. So, too, Islam and Muslims recognize Judaism and Christianity: their biblical prophets (among them Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus) and their revelations (the Torah and the New Testament, or Message of Jesus). In addition, Islam makes frequent reference to Jesus and to the Virgin Mary, who is cited more times in the Quran than in the New Testament (Esposito J,
I always believed that when Adam and Eve were created, they were created together, connected as if Siamese twins at their backs. As a student learning the Bible, I also came to the awareness that Eve was formed from Adam’s rib subsequent to his creation. The Bible tells of the creation of Man and Woman in Chapter One of Genesis, as well as Chapter Two of Genesis. There are numerous differences stated in the text between Adam and Eve created in Chapter One of Genesis and Adam and Eve formed in Chapter Two of Genesis. Below I will delineate the differences and explain how the dynamics are played out through future generations in the nature of humankind.
This section of exodus focuses on Moses, an Israelite who was raised as an Egyptian, who has fled from Egypt after the Pharaoh tried to kill him for killing an Egyptian man. By Exodus 3:1 Moses is married to Zipporah daughter of Jethro who gives him a job working as a shepherd. While tending to his animals Moses arrives at Horeb also known as Mount Sinai or the Mountain of God. Here Moses has his first theophany with God in the form of a burning bush. During this passage God talks to Moses telling him what he needs to do: go to Egypt and convince the Pharaoh to let the Egyptians go by performing a series of miracles. What god is asking Moses to do is intimidating. At this time the Pharaoh was the ruler of Egypt who had a powerful army and the Israelite’s weren’t going to be easy to convince that God sent him. Despite the “signs” Moses is reluctant to take the role beca...
Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam[f] no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g] and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. (Genesis 2:
Christianity and Islam have several similar aspects. Both religions praise the same God, although they each have a different given name. Muslims refer to their god as Allah, and Christians simply refer to their god as God. Both religions are monotheistic, and both even have a set of religious laws that all who are righteous abide by. Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Islam, while Christians follow the Ten Commandments. Both religions even have their own religious texts: The Bible and The Koran. Christian missionaries declare that The Bible consists of true narratives based on actual revelations, and establish that the Prophet Muhammad is an imposter. However, it is extremely possible that The Bible is nothing more than a book of plagiarized stories taken from various ancient texts. The Koran seems to correct mistakes in the Bible and make true of its falseness, gives the true version of what really happened in the stories of Joseph, Noah, and Jesus.
God made Eve from Adam’s ribs as a “help meet at his side” (New King James Version, Genesis 2.18). He did not make women from man’s foot for him to walk all over and he did not make her from his head for her to rule over him. God took her from his side because they would be equals.
The two stories follow the same general plot, but the different interpretations give varying underlying meanings, assumingly stemming from the differences in authorship. This difference in content is the major divide between the Qur’an and the Bible. Islamic believers claim that the Qur’an was divinely inspired and physically written by the prophet Muhammad in its entirety and the Bible contains many historical manipulations due to its varied authorship. Assuming the common belief in divine inspiration is true, the single author of the Qur’an would provide less room for error than the compilation style of the Bible. However, according to biblical tradition, the Torah was completed around 1500 BCE, and the Qur’an was written during the lifetime of Muhammad from 609 to 632 CE, meaning that the Qur’an was written many centuries after the events it chronicled and leave...
In both the Qur’an and the Bible, the take home message that Christians and Muslims learn about in the story of Noah is that they should have faithfulness toward God. This is because he will guide his followers on the right path and will show his tenderness and kindness to those that believe in him. This message of being faithful is repeated numerous amounts of times with other prophets of the Bible and the Qur’an. The stories of Abraham and Moses relate to how putting faith and trust into God will make a significant and life changing impact to a person. In Abraham’s story, God called him to leave his comfortable life so that God could make him into a great nation. Abraham believed in God and did as he was told and soon after that he had a
“A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.” ― Rollo May
In another attempt to defile the integrity of scripture, critics have found what they believe to be flaws in the Old Testament. One example of this is a theological flaw. They propose that Christians create an entire idea or philosophy based merely on a singular verse or phrase. A great example of this is that the idea of original sin can only be supported by Psalm 91:5. (Suttile, 2008) This notion proposes that the Bible is not supportive of itself and also leads many to jump to conclusions and make uninformed assumptions. The idea marking its consequence by creating the stereotype of bigotry and uninformed decision making which deters credibility for the Christian religious institution as a whole. Another attack, and a very threatening
Because the word trinity is not found in the Bible some wonder whether this is a biblical doctrine or not, but the absence of a term used to describe a doctrine does not necessarily mean that the term is not biblical. The question is rather to ask: does the term used exactly reflect what Scripture teaches? In fact, because of the incomprehensible nature of the truth that this term reflects, some believe it is a poor word to describe exactly what the Bible teaches us about this truth concerning God. When someone studies a doctrine like this, he reads about it in a book of theology, or in an article like this, it seems that the writer is saying, "Here are the doctrines we believe in, and this is what you should believe, so believe it! " But as Ryrie points out, "If this happens it is only because you are seeing the outcome of someone's study, not the process" that leads to the position on a particular doctrine.
The Bible is a collection of sixty books that was written by diverse of authors, including the apostles and the disciple of Jesus. The Bible divided into two Testaments; the Old and New Testament. The Old Testament or the old contract is a collection of thirty-six books and the New Testament has twenty seven books. The New Testament is a contract between God and the humanity through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Koran was written by Muhammad, a prophet of God. Muslims believed that he received a message from Angel Gabriel and wrote the Koran. However, Both the Bible and the Koran are the words of God. The Christians believe in the resurrection of Christ Jesus has the son of God while the Muslims do not believe Jesus Christ as the son of God.
The very first puzzle in the book is a puzzle. This could be done to make the reader think that the words, “Scripture” could be redundant to use where the words,” Old Testament” are present. The book has been divided into many parts. The first part contains a very long and a very useful discussion about the history of the Old Testament. There is an introduction and the presentation about the views of the canonization process. In this the reader does not come to know what exactly is coming towards him.
Two of the most popular texts in the world is the Bible and the Quran. The bible is a text that is a complication of many books into one. Each book can be written by different authors and each story is different from the next. The main religion group that reads the Bible are the Jews and the Christians. The Quran is the Islamic sacred book. The Islamic people believe that the text is the word of god, and that their prophet was Muhammad. A variety of differences and similarities between the Bible and the Quran are conveyed through the portrayals of Jesus, a passionate God, and the way women are being represented in each text.