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Didactical
dialogue based on the “Crucifixion of Jesus” Between Islam
and Christianity
Dialogue in its
exact sense and the way it is used in contemporary
philosophical texts, is a concept produced by the modern
world, and is specific to the man who carries thousands of
years of epistemological and cosmological experience.
However, its prototype existed as far back as when man
barely started to speak. This prototype has been a common
point for dialogue and conversation, which has changed
according to the different concerns and ties.
The historical fact of the Crucifixion of Jesus and his rise
from the grave on the third day is counted among the basic
facts in Christianity. In Islam, also, this fact is given
attention, but with a quite different narration. In the holy
Koran, 4:157, it is stated that someone resembling Jesus was
crucified, not himself. However, analogous verses of the
Koran, like 3:55 or 19:33 have mentioned the death of Jesus,
as well. Due to the fact that the text of the Koran has
complete consistency, these verses should be specially
interpreted so that there will be no difference between the
Islamic and Christian narrations.
On the one hand, Gnostic Christians in the first centuries
studied the claim of the Koran about the Crucifixion of
Jesus from a Christian point of view and on the other hand,
Muslim interpreters tried to analyze the narration of Koran
as to make it agree with Christianity. This article tries to
analyze the discourses of Abu Hatam Razi in the third and
fourth centuries in the book “A’mal al-Nubuwwa” and after
that, the discourse of Fakhr Razi in the sixth and seventh
centuries in the commentary “Mafatih al-Ghayb” regarding the
discussed verses in order to demonstrate that in the past
consecutive centuries, also, there have been common grounds
for dialogue between Islam and Christianity. |
