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Solomon and the Ant, using the Bible as a dialogue partner, examines stories from the Qur''an, their drama, characters, and meaning. Although some qur''anic stories have close biblical parallels, here Penchansky examines stories without biblical precursors. Qur''anic narratives in dialogue with biblical texts enhance understanding. Penchansky chooses biblical stories that address similar questions about the nature of God and God''s interaction with people.Solomon matches wits with an ant, a bird, and the queen of Sheba. Magical creatures, the jinn, are driven out of heaven by fiery meteors. Moses, on a quest, meets a mysterious stranger. The Bible offers parallels and connections. Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Matthew, and other biblical books, contrast with the qur''anic text, comment on the qur''anic story, and supplement it.- Separated by space and time, the Bible and the Qur''an faced similar issues.- Both the Bible and the Qur''an adapted material from their surrounding culture while at the same time distinguishing themselves from that culture.- Rather than addressing this cultural confrontation with rigid certainty, the Bible and the Qur''an are ambiguous and multivocal. - The Bible and the Qur''an are layered, containing stories within stories, fragments, and structural abnormalities. These features contribute to meaning.Penchansky''s analysis of these stories makes the Qur''an accessible and compelling to nonspecialists and students.

David Penchansky's What Rough Beast? is a study of six Old Testament stories. While many biblical theologies empasize reassuring images of God, Penchansky confronts those biblical passages where God is portrayed as irrational, malevolent, and even abusive, wrestling with the impact of these images on Christian faith. In dealing with these...

In this book, David Penchansky examines the inconsistencies between Job's beliefs and his actions. Adapting the theories of neo-Marxist/postmodernist literary critics Fredric Jameson and Pierre Macherey, Penchansky traces ideological and theological conflicts in Israelite society.The Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation series explores...