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-	The '''Islamic view of the Christian Bible''', which Christians hold to be revelations from God, is based on the belief that the [[Qur'an]] says that parts of [[Bible]] are a [[revelation]] from [[God in Islam|Allah]] ([[God]]), but believe that some of it has become distorted or corrupted (''[[tahrif]]''), and that a lot of text has been added which was not part of the revelation. [[Muslims]] believe the Qur'an, which Muslims hold to be a revelation to the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]], was given as a remedy and that it identifies three sets of books from the Bible as genuine divine revelation given to [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|trusted messengers]]: the ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (''[[Torah]]'') given to [[Moses in Islam|Musa]] ([[Moses]]), the ''[[Zabur]]'' (''[[Psalms]]'') given to [[David in Islam|Daud]] ([[David]]) and the ''[[Gospel in Islam|Injil]]'' (''[[The gospel|Gospel]]'') given to [[Jesus in Islam|Isa]] ([[Jesus]]). They believe that the Qur'an, these books, and the ''[[Suhuf Ibrahim]]'' (''"Scrolls of Abraham"'', which they believe is currently lost) together constitute [[Islamic holy books|Islam's scripture]]. Belief that this scripture is [[Revelation|divinely inspired]] is one of [[Iman (concept)|Islam's fundamental tenets]], and traditional Muslim teaching stresses those passages in the Qur'an which affirm the Christian Gospel and the Hebrew Torah as valid revelations of God and paths to salvation.	+
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-	Early Muslims have historically held multiple perspectives in regard to the Bible.	+
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-	== Islamic view of the Torah (''Tawrat'')==	+
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-	The Qur'an mentions the word Torah eighteen times and confirms that it was The Word Of God. However, they believe that there have been additions and subtractions made to the Torah. The early Qu'ran exeget [[Tabari]] referred to the Torah from the Jewish as "the Torah that they possess today".	+
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-	== Islamic view of the Book of Psalms (''Zabur'') ==	+
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-	[[Sura]] [[An-Nisa]] 4:163 of the Qur'an states "and to David We gave the Psalms". Therefore, Islam claims the Psalms as being inspired of God. The Qur'an mentions the word Zabur three times.	+
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-	== Islamic view of the Gospel (''Injil'') ==	+
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-	When the Qur'an speaks of the Gospel, it is believed to refer to an original divine revelation from [[Jesus Christ]]. The canonical Gospels from the bible are commonly assumed not to be the original teachings of Jesus or were corrupted over time. Some scholars suggested the original Gospel may be the [[Gospel of Barnabas]].	+
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-	== Muhammad and the Bible ==	+
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-	Certain passages in the Bible have been interpreted by some Islamic scholars as prophetic references to Muhammad, such as [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] 18:15–22. Verse 15 says: "...a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;..."	+
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-	Though Muhammad was not an [[Israelites|Israelite]], according to Islamic tradition, he was a descendant of [[Ishmael]] and therefore traced his descent back to Abraham, like the Israelites.	+
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-	Mention of [[Paraclete|Parakletos]] <!-- It's not spelled "Parakleitos", but we can add a diacritic if you want --> (English translation commonly "Comforter") in [[Gospel of John|John]] 14:16, [[John 15|15:26]], 16:7 and 18:36 have been taken to be prophetic references to Muhammad by Muslims [[Christian]] scholars, on the other hand, interpret Parakletos as the [[Holy Spirit]].	+
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-	Similarly, the Spirit of truth mentioned in John 16:12–14 has been claimed by some Muslims as a prophetic reference to Muhammad, though Christians consider it another reference to the Holy Spirit.	+
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-	== Qur'anic references to other persons in the Bible ==	+
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-	Some of the people found in both the Qur'an and the Bible include: [[Aaron]], [[Cain and Abel|Abel]], Abraham, [[Adam]], Cain, [[David]], [[Apostle (Christian)|the disciples of Jesus]], [[Elijah|Elias]], [[Elisha]], [[Enoch (ancestor of Noah)|Enoch]], [[Eve]], [[Ezra]], [[Goliath]], [[Isaac]], [[Ishmael]], [[Jacob]], Jesus, [[John the Baptist]], [[Jonah]], [[Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph]], [[Judeo-Christian views of Lot|Lot]], [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]], Moses, [[Noah]], the [[Pharaoh|Pharaohs of Egypt]], [[Samuel]], [[Saul]], [[Solomon]], and [[Zechariah (priest)|Zacharias]].	+
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-	==Christian apologetics==	+
-	[[John Wijngaards]] and other Christian apologists reject Qur'anic arguments that imply the typical Muslim view of "at-tahrif al-lahzi" (corruption of the text). They argue that early Muslim commentators held a more positive view of the Christian Bible and believe that the idea that the original text of the Bible was irrecoverable originated with [[Ibn Hazm]], often written "Ibn Khazem".	+
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-	== See also ==	+
-	* [[Biblical criticism]]	+
-	* [[Christianity and Islam]]	+
-	* [[Isra'iliyat]]	+
-	* ''[[The Messiah (Iranian film)|The Messiah]]''	+
-	* [[Mormonism and Islam]]	+
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