{"product_id":"the-islamic-jesus-how-the-king-of-the-jews-became-a-prophet-of-the-muslims","title":"The Islamic Jesus by Mustafa Akyol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Reza Aslan's bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZealot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wrote that \"if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic view of Jesus, that would have been something provocative and new.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMustafa Akyol's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is that book -- and even much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e not only tells the story of Jesus, and his mother Mary, as narrated in the Qur'an. It also explores how this Islamic picture of the Nazarene resonates with pre-existing Christian sources, especially Apocrypha. In particular, it unveils the fascinating similarity between Islam and \"Jewish Christianity,\" a strain in the early church that got branded as a heresy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJewish Christians were observant Jews who honored Jesus as a human -- not divine -- Messiah, and sought salvation by faith and works, not \"by faith alone.\" Akyol shows how their peculiar creed vanished in history after the first few Christian centuries, but only to be reborn in 7th century Arabia by a new prophet named Muhammad. This provokes puzzling questions about the origins of Islam, and the Abrahamic genealogy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also offers an \"Islamic Christology,\" and probes into Muslim beliefs on the \"Second Coming.\" Perhaps most provokingly, it even contemplates, \"What Jesus can teach Muslims today\" -- at a time, Akyol argues, when Muslims are haunted by their own Herods, Pharisees and Zealots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59470303232286,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59470303265054,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59470303297822,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/91v4g2YITKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781632985","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/the-islamic-jesus-how-the-king-of-the-jews-became-a-prophet-of-the-muslims","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}