Abraham Stories Comparison

Christianity

Islam

Christianity Story Includes

• Abraham and Isaac, God refers to him as Abraham's only son.
• Abraham takes Isaac to the place God told him to go, but Abraham doesn't tell him he has to sacrifice him.
• Abraham starts to prepare the sacrifice, but an Angel of the Lord appears and stops him, and then gives him a ram to sacrifice instead

Islam's Story Includes

• Allah tells Abraham, he wants him to sacrifice him( doesn't specify "who" quite yet) by making a furnace to throw him in to it.
• Abraham, say's he will do it and will go where ever the Lord guides him.
• He tells his son that Allah wants him to sacrifice him and ask him what he thinks.
• His son says to do what ever Allah says and they begin the sacrifice, but Allah stops him.

Abraham and Issac

Abraham and Ishmael

Purpose of these Text

• I feel like the purpose of these text was to inform because, there was nothing about persuasion or entertaining.
• Christianity's text spoke more in third person.
• Islam's text spoke more in first, second and third person

Literary Structure and Style of the Text

• Both were written in more of a narrative descriptive style, because the purpose was to inform.
• The Bible story used some imagery when it was describing what Abraham was doing to prepare Isaac for the sacrifice.

Literary Structure and Style of the Text

• The Qur'an story used some foreshadowing when Abraham asked his son what he thought about the sacrifice and it turned out to be different from what we would expect.
• The format of both stories was in chronological order. Both started from God and Allah telling Abraham to sacrifice his son(Isaac and Ishmael), and later leading to the almost sacrifices.

Sources

• "Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem - القرآن الكريم." Surah As-Saffat [37:90-100]. N.p., n.d. Web.
• "BibleGateway." Genesis 22 - - Bible Gateway. N.p., n.d. Web.