Mun'im Sirry
Episode 6: Afterlife
Life after death is a central concept in all three Abrahamic religions. What happens to a person after death? How do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam envision heaven and hell? And...
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Episode 5: Moses
Moses serves as a model to the prophet Muhammad in the Qur’an, represents the tribe of Israel in the Hebrew Bible and prefigures Jesus in the New Testament. With no external,...
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Episode 4: The Translation of Scripture
Robert Alter, translator of the Hebrew Bible, and David Bentley Hart, translator of the New Testament, are our guests in this episode, where they answer questions on staying...
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Episode 3: Jesus in the Qur’an
Jesus is a figure of great importance in the holy scripture of Islam, in the Qur’an. The portrait of Jesus in the Qur’an has many common features with that of the New...
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Episode 2: The Historical Jesus
What can truly be known about Jesus, and how can we read accounts about him in a reasonable way? Does a critical understanding of the historical Jesus complicate or nourish...
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Episode 1: Adam
In Jewish tradition, Adam is the archetypal human being; in Christianity he is the forerunner to Christ, and in Islam he is the precursor of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Episode 0: Minding Scripture Series Introduction
Learn about the questions that animate Minding Scripture, a new podcast from the World Religions World Church program at the University of Notre Dame.
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