Bible An Islamic Perspective - David and Solomon (The Bible: An Islamic Perspective)

Jay R. Crook

ISBN 10: 1567447481 / ISBN 13: 9781567447484

Published by Kazi Publications, Inc., 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bible An Islamic Perspective - David and Solomon (The Bible: An Islamic Perspective)
• Publisher: Kazi Publications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567447481
• ISBN 13: 9781567447484
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

David and Solomon focuses on the united Israelite kingdom. Whilst this volume in The Bible: An Islamic Perspective series frames the stories with the major historical events of the two reigns, as found in the Biblical record, it concentrates more upon comparing the Quranic allusions to the two monarchs and their more developed versions in the Quranic Commentary of Surabadi. We shall find that the Islamic view about them is much kinder to them (as is Chronicles in the Bible) than are the stories in Samuel-Kings. The Quran alludes to the David and Bathsheba story; Surabadi relates a chaste version of the sordid tale.

The examination of the Solomonic cycle compares the Bible and Jewish tradition with the Quran and Surabadi. With Solomon, the emphasis is on the marvelous and fantastic. Among the stories discussed are: the Succession, the Ring, the Building of the Temple and the Palace, Solomon’s Wealth, Solomon and the Ants, and the Queen of Sheba. Solomon’s apostasy and death are investigated at the end of the volume.

About the Author

Jay R. Crook (Md. Nur) was born in upstate New York, the second son of a clergman, but spent his formative years in the New York metropolitan area. A chance acquaitance awakened his interest in Islamic culture and civilization, and he soon embraced Islam. After completing his military service and saving some money, he traveled to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to study for a few years. He wound up spending most of his working life in the Middle East, especially in Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hired by the Peace Corps as a field representative, he finished in 1971 as Deputy Director in the Iran program. He then enrolled in the Doctoral Program of Persian Literature for Foreigners at Tehran University and received his Ph.D. in 1978. His doctoral thesis was A Comparison of the Quranic Stories of Surabadi With the Bible. Much revised and expanded, it has become the core of The New Testament: an Islamic Perspective and its companion volume The Old Testament: an Islamic Perspective. Subsequent to leaving Iran in 1980, he worked as an English teacher in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia before retiring in 1997. He now resides in the American Southwest and has translated several books from Persian into English, including Kashifi s The Royal Book of Spiritual Chivalry and Ghazzali s The Alchemy of Happiness.