The New Testament in Muslim Eyes

This book provides commentary and analysis, from a Muslim perspective, on the writing of St. Paul. In particular it provides a close textual reading of Galatians, and discusses wider Christian theology and the New Testament whilst simultaneously opening a dialogue with the Qur'an, and Islamic thinking and practice.

Shabbir Akhtar is a research fellow at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religions at the University of Oxford, UK. He is author of The Quran and the Secular Mind (Routledge, 2007) and Islam as Political Religion (Routledge, 2010).

Introduction 1. Preface to the Commentary 2. 'There is no gospel except the only Gospel' (1.1-12) 3. The Apostle's Apologia and Gospel (1.13-3.5) 4. The Promise of Abraham's Gospel (3.6-4.7) 5. Pastoral Interventions: Saint Paul as Pastor Paul (4.8-20 and 5.2-12) 6. Covenant of the Spirit (4.21-5.1 and 5.13-26) 7. Law of Christ, Gospel of the Cross (6.1-18) 8. Crisis of Law, Promise of Grace: Inter-faith Interfaces in Galatians 9. Epilogue: Missionaries in Reverse: Learning from the Rival