Islam and the Bible: Questioning Muslim Idiom Translations

As early as the seventh century, Christians living and ministering in Muslim contexts adapted their language and public witness to Islamic cultural and religious sensitivities. In Islam and the Bible, editors Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant B. Greenham invite leading voices, representing a spectrum of approaches, to explore the issues surrounding "Muslim Idiom Translations" of the Bible. This work will be insightful for students, theologians, missiologists, missionaries, and Bible translators seeking wisdom and clarity on gospel contextualization.

Ayman S. Ibrahim (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary and Haifa University) is the Bill and Connie Jenkins Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam, at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a board member of the Evangelical Theological Society on Islam, has served on faculty at several institutions in the Middle East, and possesses expertise in Islamic history and Qur’anic studies. He has published with Baker Academic, Peter Lang, HarperCollins, and Oxford University Press, and has forthcoming books with Brill and Gorgias.

Ant B. Greenham (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Missions and Islamic Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served in the South African Dept. of Foreign Affairs in Tel Aviv, Israel, Amman, Jordan, where he opened the first South African Embassy to Jordan. His expertise is in Muslim conversions to Christ, contextualization to Muslims, and evangelism in Islamic contexts. He serves as the book review editor for the Southeastern Theological Review, and has published with Energion and Peter Lang.