This node brings together 3 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And He will teach him the Book and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel
Brief reading
The verse is used to distinguish the meanings of the Book and wisdom, and to build a broader conception of the plurality of the Book’s signification in the messages.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- the Book: 2
- wisdom: 2
- the Book in relation to Jesus: 2
- plurality of the Book’s meanings: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves the conceptual differentiation between the levels of revelation and knowledge associated with the message.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 121: He uses it to distinguish between the Book and wisdom on the one hand, and the Torah and the Gospel on the other, in order to establish the plurality of the meanings of “the Book.”
- Concept: the Book
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: “And his saying about the Messiah, {And He will teach him the Book and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel} (Āl ʿImrān 48).”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 384: He uses it to connect the Messiah with the teaching of the Book and wisdom, in the context of the development of values and rulings across the messages.
- Concept: wisdom
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “- {And He will teach him the Book and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel} (Āl ʿImrān 48, [about the Messiah]).”
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 32: He uses it to prove that the Book may come to mean legislation only, as in the case of Moses and Jesus.
- Concept: the Book in relation to Jesus
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “{ And He will teach him the Book and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel } (Āl ʿImrān 48)”
Related books
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