TY - BOOK AU - Saritoprak,Zeki TI - Islam's Jesus SN - 0813061784 AV - BP 134 .J37 S27 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - [Gainesville, FL] PB - University Press Of Florida KW - Jesus Christ KW - Jesus Christ. KW - Quran KW - Relation to the Bible KW - fast KW - Islam KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Interfaith relations KW - Islamic interpretations of Jesus Christ KW - Jesus Christ in the Quran N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index; Jesus as God's messenger in the Quran -- A Quranic perspective on the eschatological role of Jesus -- Islamic eschatology and Jesus as a sign of the hour -- The Hadith and Jesus's eschatological descent -- Speculations about Jesus's return -- The Mahdi and Jesus as allies against al-Dajjal (the Antichrist) -- Literalist approaches to Jesus's eschatological role in Islamic theology -- Symbolic, allegorical, and other interpretive approaches to Jesus's eschatological role -- Jesus's descent and theologies of Muslim-Christian cooperation N2 - While it is not well known among Christians, Jesus has an important role in the Quaranic literature, and this book examines this provocative topic, focusing on Jesus's role in the eschatology of Islam, especially on the afterlife ER -