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Article: Muhammad and Jesus: A Comparison of the Prophets and Their Teachings.
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- Theological Studies
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- September 1, 1998
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MUHAMMAD and JESUS: A Comparison Of The Prophets And Their Teachings. By William E. Phipps. New York: Continuum, 1996. Pp. xii + 304. $27.50
I wish this were a better book. Well-researched comparative studies of Muslim-Christian topics do not appear often, so I accepted the invitation to review this title with a sense of hope and anticipation. Reading it, however, left me disappointed with both the caliber of the scholarship and the quality of the analysis.
Phipps's intentions are commendable. He seeks to emulate "the dominant contemporary approach of scholars" by giving "a sympathetic and judicious comparison of the prophets Jesus and Muhammad" (2). ...