This course is for those who'd like to:

  • Answer their questions about the Quran and the Bible

  • Connect with our fellow humans at an interfaith level

  • Increase their conviction of the Quran

  • Learn more about their own faith

  • Better appreciate the books of Allah that He sent to His prophets (pbut)

  • Understand key differences and similarities of the Prophet's stories in these two books

Course length:

This prerecorded, self-paced course consists of 20 hours of content, broken down into easy to digest, bite-sized video lessons about 5-10 minutes long each. 

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites, except a keen mind!

Course curriculum:

    1. 1.1: Introduction to our Guest Instructor

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    2. Link to Slides

    3. 1.2: Should we Study the Bible? - Part 1

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    4. 1.3: Should we Study the Bible? - Part 2

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    5. 1.4: Similarities and Differences (Terminology) - Part 1

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    6. 1.5: Similarities and Differences (Terminology) - Part 2

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    7. 1.6: Stories of the Prophets

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    8. 1.7: Jesus: Prophet or Son of God?

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    9. 1.8: Jesus Dying for Makind's Sins

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    10. 1.9: Q&A

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    1. 2.1: The Old Testament

    2. 2.2: The New Testament

    3. 2.3: Extra-Canonical Literature

    4. 2.4: The Quran's Relationship to the Bible

    5. 2.5: Quranic Terms for Previous Scriptures

    6. 2.6: Quran and Bible in Muslim Scholarship

    7. 2.7: Quran and Bible in Western Scholarship - Part 1

    8. 2.8: Quran and Bible in Western Scholarship - Part 2

    9. 2.9: Engagement with Jewish and Christian Theology

    10. 2.10: Interlinguistic Wordplay

    11. 2.11: Debates about Salvation History

    12. 2.12: Closing Reflections and Q&A - Part 1

    13. 2.13: Q&A - Part 2

    14. 2.14: Q&A - Part 3

    1. 3.1: Introduction

    2. 3.2: Holger Zellentin's Studies - Part 1

    3. 3.3: Holgen Zellentin's Studies - Part 2

    4. 3.4: Similarities and Differences in the Stories - Part 1

    5. 3.5: Similarities and Differences in the Stories - Part 2

    6. 3.6: The Rabbinic Retelling

    7. 3.7: Adam, Eve, and the Tree

    8. 3.8: The Genesis Account

    9. 3.9: Q&A - Part 1

    10. 3.10: Q&A - Part 2

    11. 3.11: Q&A - Part 3

    1. 4.1: What is History? - Part 1

    2. 4.2: What is History? - Part 2

    3. 4.3: Prehistory Legends and Myths

    4. 4.4: The Flood Myths

    5. 4.5: A Historical Core

    6. 4.6: The Flood in the Biblical Account - Part 1

    7. 4.7: The Flood in the Biblical Account - Part 2

    8. 4.8: The Flood in the Biblical Account - Part 3

    9. 4.9: The Flood in the Quranic Account

    10. 4.10: Conflicts

    11. 4.11: Demographic Extent of the Flood

    12. 4.12: Geographical Extent of the Flood

    13. 4.13: Time Period of the Flood

    14. 4.14: Q&A - Part 1

    15. 4.15: Q&A - Part 2

    1. 5.1: The Patriarchs

    2. 5.2: Historicity

    3. 5.3: The Quran and Parabiblical Traditions

    4. 5.4: The Astral Triad

    5. 5.5: God's Promises to Abraham

    6. 5.6: God's Covenant with Abraham

    7. 5.7: Abraham and Ishmael - Part 1

    8. 5.8: Abraham and Ishmael - Part 2

    9. 5.9: The Ishmaelites and Historical Evidence - Part 1

    10. 5.10: The Ishmaelites and Historical Evidence - Part 2

    11. 5.11: Abraham and Sarah's Promised Son

    12. 5.12: The Binding of Isaac or Ishmael?

    13. 5.13: Q&A

    1. 6.1: Introduction on the Exodus

    2. 6.2: Moses and Muhammad

    3. 6.3: The Israelites and Slavery

    4. 6.4: The Unlikelihood of Escaping Egypt

    5. 6.5: Semitic Slave Labor

    6. 6.6: City Names and Descriptions

    7. 6.7: People Names and Setting of the Exodus

    8. 6.8: The Pharaoh of the 'Awtad' - Part 1

    9. 6.9: The Pharaoh of the 'Awtad' - Part 2

    10. 6.10: Pharaoh's Claim to Divinity and Preservation

    11. 6.11: King vs. Pharaoh

    12. 6.12: Q&A - Part 1

    13. 6.13: Q&A - Part 2

About this course

  • $199.00
  • 180 lessons
  • 35.5 hours of video content

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About Your Instructor

Sharif Randhawa

Guest Instructor

Sharif Randhawa studied Arabic at the Dream program and then went on to complete his Bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Washington. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in the same field at the University of Chicago. His interests include the composition of the Quran as well as its relationship with biblical tradition. He authored Divine Speech: Exploring the Quran as Literature and was a researcher on the Quran for Bayyinah Institute. He currently is a guest instructor for the Islamic Seminary of America

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