It was nearly two years ago that I decided to pick up Qur’anic arabic. Partly due to my own laziness, and partly due to the fact that my studies were all done online or are self taught, it took me a while to get to the point where I could follow most of the Qur’anic dialogue in its original language (and yes, it’s quite a different book). I have just begun reading the Qur’an in arabic from start to finish for the first time. I am currently somewhere in the middle of Surah Baqarah (I began reading a couple of days ago).

Anyway, it’s 4AM and I can’t sleep. So I thought I’d write a little bit on something that struck me as interesting: The Qur’anic view of the Jewish (and therefore Christian) scripture. I think this realization has somewhat changed my view of the Old Testament, though the opinions in…