Thanks to all who replied to my posting. I had been hoping for a detailed
reference work, one where (for example) similar verses in Psalms might
correlate to the Qur'an verses, but alas there doesn't seem to be one.
Three people recommended that I contact Reuven Firestone, who replied:
Hi Anne,
As you know, a lot has been written on the relationship between
Tanakh and Qur'an. I think you are interested in the complexity of
literary/historical relationship. I treat that in my book on the
Abraham-Ishmael stories: Journeys in Holy Lands. Shari Lowin wrote a great book
which happens to also be about Abraham called The Making of a Forefather. I
hope that helps.
Best,
Reuven
Other replies:
From: Jonathan Rodgers Head, Near East Division, University of Michigan Library
Speyer, Heinrich. Die biblischen Erzählungen im Qoran.
Hildesheim, G. Olms, 1961 [1931].
--
>From Donald Altschiller, Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Judaism in Islam. Biblical and Talmudic backgrounds of the
Koran and
its commentaries. Suras II and III.
[By] Abraham I. Katsch.
[Selections, with introduction and commentary.].
>From David G. Hirsch, Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies, Charles Young
>Research Library, UCLA
The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud; or, Biblical legends of
the Mussulmans. Comp. from Arabic sources, and compared with Jewish traditions.
Author: Gustav Weil
Publisher: London, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.
there is also:
Author/Name: Geiger, Abraham, 1810-1874.
Uniform title: [Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume
aufgenommen?]
Title: Judaism and Islam. Prolegomenon by Moshe Pearlman.
Published/distributed: New York : Ktav Pub. House, 1970.
From: Dr. Hayim Y. Sheynin
For the beginning you may look at the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_narratives_and_the_Quran
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_narratives_and_the_Quran>
and the article "Jewish Influences in the Qur'an" at
answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/Vol1/5b.html
<http://answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/Vol1/5b.html> There are some references
there.
Also there are many scholarly works on the subject.
From the important works you may read
E.I.J. Rosenthal, Judaism and Islam. London, New York, T.
Yoseloff [1961].
William St Clair Tisdall, The Original Sources of the Qur'an.
Lexington, Ken. Forgotten Books ; London, Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, 2011,1905. There are many other editions.
On various reasons I do not recommend Katsh, Judaism in Islam
>From Raquel Ukeles, PhD, Curator, Islam and Middle East Collection, The
>National Library of Israel
Re: your query on Qur'an and Tanakh, the subject was once the
domain of Western, often Jewish, scholars of Islam, and there are many early
studies on the Jewish (as well as , Christian, Roman and Zoroastrian)
'influences' on early Islam.
More recently, a field of comparative research on thematic
comparisons between the Qur'an and Tanach has developed. A pioneer in the field
is Prof. Reuven Firestone's Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the
Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis (SUNY Press,1990) -- which connects
biblical and Quranic stories with later exegetical interpretations.
Other books that I highly recommend:
Shari Lowin, The Making of a Forefather: Abraham in Islamic and
Jewish exegetical narratives (Brill, 2006)
James Kugel, In Potiphar's House, discusses the Quran version
of the Joseph/Potiphar's wife story
Marc Bernstein, Stories of Joseph : narrative migrations
between Judaism and Islam (Wayne State University Press, c2006.) - the first
chapter in particular
Michael Pregill, now at Elon University, wrote his dissertation
at Columbia University on the golden calf narrative in the Bible and Qur'an;
here's a link to an article he wrote on the question of Jewish 'influence' on
Islam --
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00044.x/abstract
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00044.x/abstract>
Also - the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) now has a
thematic section of its conference dedicated to this topic, and it's a
reflection of the growing field of research. Hopefully these books will get you
started.
>From Barry Walfish, University of Toronto, the what-should-have-been-obvious:
>LC subject heading: Koran-Relation to the Bible.
Anne
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