Book Details
Author: Louay Fatoohi
Pages: 557
Size: 244mm x 170mm
Publication Date: September/2007
Publisher: Luna Plena Publishing, UK
ISBN: 978-1-906342-01-2 

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Approaches to the Study of History in the Qur’an and the Bible
  1.1. The Secular Approach
    1.1.1. The Unavailability of Independent Evidence
    1.1.2. Similarities Between the Bible and Other Sources
    1.1.3. Similarities Between the Qur’an and Jewish and Christian Writings
    1.1.4. The Question of the Paranormal
  1.2. The Biblical Approach
    1.2.1. Internal Biblical Discrepancies
    1.2.2. Unfactual Biblical Statements
    1.2.3. The indefinability of the “Bible” and “Scripture”
    1.2.4. The False Superiority of the Canon
  1.3. The Secular-Biblical Approach
  1.4. The Qur’anic Approach
    1.4.1. Islamic Sacred Texts
    1.4.2. The Authenticity of the Qur’an
    1.4.3. The Qur’an and Other Scriptures
    1.4.4. Contextual Displacement as a Form of Scriptural Textual Manipulation
    1.4.5. Refuted Accusations
  1.5. The Approach of This Book
2. Mary Before the Annunciation
  2.1. Mary Before the Annunciation in the Apocrypha
    2.1.1. The Account of the Gospel of the Birth of Mary
    2.1.2. The Account of the Infancy Gospel of James
    2.1.3. The Account of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
  2.2. Mary Before the Annunciation in the Qur’an
3. Prophet Zechariah: Mary’s Guardian
  3.1. Zechariah in the New Testament
  3.2. Zechariahs in the Apocrypha
  3.3. Prophet Zechariah in the Qur’an
    3.3.1. Prophet Zechariah in Chapter 3 (The Family of ‘Imran)
    3.3.2. Prophet Zechariah in Chapter 19 (Maryam)
4. Prophet John
  4.1. John the Baptist in the New Testament
  4.2. John the Baptist in History
  4.3. Prophet John in the Qur’an
5. More Than Annunciation
  5.1. The Annunciation in the New Testament
  5.2. The Annunciation in the Apocrypha
  5.3. The Annunciation and the Inducement of the Virginal Conception According to the Qur’an
    5.3.1. Gabriel’s Visit and the Inducement of the Virginal Conception in Chapter 19
    5.3.2. Gabriel’s Visit and the Annunciation in Chapter 3
6. The Virginal Conception    Read the whole chapter online    PDF of the whole chapter
  6.1. The Virginal Conception in Christian Sources  
  6.2. The Arguments Against the Virginal Conception
    6.2.1. The Scriptural Arguments
      6.2.1.1. Unknown Story
      6.2.1.2. Contradictory Accounts
      6.2.1.3. Different Infancy Narratives
    6.2.2. The Historical Arguments
    6.2.3. The Scientific Arguments
  6.3. The Accusation of the Illegitimacy of Jesus
  6.4. The Qur’an’s Affirmation of the Virginal Conception
7. The Ruh (Spirit)
  7.1. The Hebrew Ruach in the Old Testament
  7.2. The Greek Pneuma in the New Testament
  7.3. The Arabic Ruh in the Qur’an
    7.3.1. Gabriel
    7.3.2. The Spirit of the Creation of Man
    7.3.3. Inspiration
8. Joseph: Mary’s Husband?
  8.1. Joseph in Christian Sources
    8.1.1. Joseph and Mary
    8.1.2. Joseph and Jesus
  8.2. The Non-historicity of Joseph According to the Qur’an
9. Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?
  9.1. Paul and Jesus’ Brothers
  9.2. Jesus’ Brothers and Sisters in the Gospels
  9.3. The Church and Jesus’ Brothers and Sisters
  9.4. James
    9.4.1. Paul and James
    9.4.2. James in Other New Testament Books
    9.4.3. James in History
  9.5. The Qur’an’s Implicit Rejection of Jesus’ Siblings
10. Jesus’ Birth
  10.1. Jesus’ Birth in the Canonical Gospels
  10.2. Jesus’ Birth in Apocryphal Sources
  10.3. The Star of Bethlehem
  10.4. Jesus’ Birth in the Qur’an
  10.5. Birth Under A Palm Tree
  10.6. Jesus’ Date of Birth
11. Massacre of Truth
   11.1. Herod’s Massacre in Christian Sources
  11.2. The Non-historicity of Herod’s Massacre According to the Qur’an
  11.3. A Massacre That Never Was
    11.3.1. The Scriptural Arguments
    11.3.2. The Historical Arguments
  11.4. The Massacre That Did Happen
12. Was Jesus A Nazarene From Nazareth?
  12.1. Jesus’ Birth and Growing up places
  12.2. “Nazarene” in the New Testament
  12.3. The Nazarenes of the Qur’an
13. The Messiah
  13.1. The Messiah in the Old Testament
  13.2. The Christ in the New Testament
    13.2.1. Self-proclamation and the Public Acceptance of Jesus’ Messiahship
    13.2.2. Faces of the Messiah
      13.2.2.1 Son of David
      13.2.2.2 Miracle Worker
      13.2.2.3 King of the Jews
      13.2.2.4 Founder of an Imminent Kingdom
      13.2.2.5 Salvational Figure
      13.2.2.6 Suffering Messiah
      13.2.2.7 Virtuous Teacher
    13.2.3. The Messiah’s Entry into Jerusalem
  13.3. Al-Masih in the Qur’an
14. The Divine Son of God That Jesus Never Was
   14.1. The Jewish “Sonship of God”
  14.2. The Christian “Sonship of God”
    14.2.1. Sonship of God, Messiahship, and Miracle Working
    14.2.2. Sonship of God and Blasphemy
    14.2.3. Christian Sons of God
    14.2.4. The Unique Son of God
    14.2.5. The Eternal Son of John
    14.2.6. When Did Jesus’ Sonship of God become Special?
  14.3. The Prevailing of the Johannine Theology
  14.4. The Trinity
  14.5. Son of Man
15. The Human Jesus
  15.1. Muslim Messenger and Prophet
    15.1.1. Islam
    15.1.2. Messenger and Prophet
  15.2. Human Servant of God
  15.3. Forerunner of Prophet Muhammad
  15.4. The Exclusiveness of Divinity
    15.4.1. The Oneness of God
    15.4.2. No Offspring of God
    15.4.3. False Sonship of God
    15.4.4. The Fallacy of the Trinity
16. Miracles
  16.1. Wonder Workers at the Time of Jesus
  16.2. Jesus’ Miracles in the New Testament
    16.2.1. The Categories of Jesus’ Miracles
      16.2.1.1. Healing Miracles
      16.2.1.2. Nature Miracles
      16.2.1.3. Prophecies
      16.2.1.4. Clairvoyance
    16.2.2. Different Gospel Accounts
    16.2.3. The Significance and Purpose of Miracles
    16.2.4. Miracles and Faith
    16.2.5. Miracles between Publicity and Secrecy
  16.3. Jesus’ Miracles in Apocryphal Writings
  16.4. Jesus’ Miracles in the Qur’an
17. The Injil (Gospel)
  17.1. The Term “Gospel” Before and After Christianity
  17.2. The Injil: Jesus’ Divine Book
  17.3. The Meaning of “Injil”
  17.4. The Paraclete
  17.5. The Injil and the Law
    17.5.1. Jesus and the Law in the New Testament
    17.5.2. The Injil’s Modification of the Law
18. The Crucifixion in the New Testament and Historical Sources
  18.1. Inconsistencies in the New Testament Accounts of the Crucifixion
  18.2. Historical Problems in the New Testament Accounts of the Crucifixion
  18.3. Who Killed Jesus?
  18.4. The Crucifixion in History
  18.5. Alternative Scenarios
  18.6. The Date of the Crucifixion
19. The Qur’an and the Cross Fiction
  19.1. The Fiction of Jesus’ Crucifixion
  19.2. The Crucifixion of Jesus’ Substitute
  19.3. After the Crucifixion
  19.4. The Theology of the Crucifixion
    19.4.1. The New Testament and Theology of the Cross
    19.4.2. The Qur’an’s Rejection of the Theology of the Cross
20. A Second Coming?
  20.1. The Second Coming in the New Testament
    20.1.1. The Unfulfilled Imminence of the Second Coming
    20.1.2. The Second Coming and Other Apocalyptic Events
    20.1.3. The Dangerous Politics of the Second Coming
  20.2. The Second Coming in Sayings Attributed to Prophet Muhammad
  20.3. The Qur’an’s Silence on Jesus’ Second Coming
21. Christians in the Qur’an
   21.1. The Oldest Roman Mentions of the “Christians”
  21.2. Christians in the Qur’an
    21.2.1. The Hawariyyun
    21.2.2. The Nasara
22. The Qur’anic Historical Jesus
Appendix A: History in the Qur’an
Appendix B: Apocryphal Gospels
   The Infancy Gospel of James
   The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
   The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy
   The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
   The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
Appendix C: Abbreviations
References
   Modern Works
   Classical and Ancient Writings
   Religious Texts
Index of Qur’anic Verses
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Other Religious Texts
Index of Ancient Texts
Index of Names and Subjects