Includes bibliographical references and index

Particularity and universality in the Qurʼān / Seyed Amir Akrami -- Particularlity, universality, and finality : insights from the Gospel of John / Daniel A. Madigan -- Revelation in Israel : Deuteronomy 7:1-11; Isaiah 49:1-6 / Ellen F. Davis -- Revelation in Israel : Qurʼān 2:47057; 5:44-48 / Osman Bakar -- Revelation in Christ : 1 John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:16-20; John 16:12-15 / John Langan -- Revelation in the Qurʼān : Qurʼān 6:91-92; 25:32; 21:107; 38:87; 33:40 / Asma Afsaruddin -- Translating the Qurʼān / Muhammad Abdel Haleem -- Translation and the incarnate word : scripture and the frontier of languages / Lamin Sanneh -- The body of Christ : 1 Corinthinas 11:23-27 and 12:12-13, 27 / Daniel A. Madigan -- An Arabic Qurʼān : Qurʼān 12:1-2; 14:4; 16:103; 26:192-99; 46:12 / Muhammad Abdel Haleem -- The divine and human origins of the Bible : Exodus 32:15-16; Jeremiah 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Luke 1:1-4; 1 Corinthinas 7:10-13; Mark 5:41 / John Azumah -- The self-perception and the originality of the Qurʼān : Qurʼān 2:23-24; 3:44; 10:15; 69:38-47 / Abdullah Saeed -- Authority in interpretation : a survey of the history of Christianity / John Langan -- Authority in Qurʼānic interpretation and interpretive communities / Abdullah Saeed -- Reading scripture in the light of Christ : Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 24:44-49 / Susan Eastman -- Interpreting the Qurʼān : Qurʼān 3:7; 2:106; 16:101; 31:20 / Muhammad Abdel Haleem -- The use of scripture in Generous love / Michael Ipgrave -- The use of scripture in A common word / Reza Shah-Kazemi

"Communicating the Word is a record of the 2008 Building Bridges seminar, an annual dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury." -- Back cover