#28: Do Muslims, Christians & Jews Worship the Same God? | Prof. Gabriel Said Reynolds

Does the Qur'an know the Bible? Do Islam, Christianity, and Judaism worship the same God — or are these three traditions more different than they appear?

In this episode of The Prometheans, Ali Zaka (AZD) sits down with Professor Gabriel Said Reynolds — one of the world's leading Qur'anic scholars, professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Vatican advisor on interreligious dialogue, and author of The Qur'an and the Bible and Christianity and the Qur'an (Yale University Press, 2025).

Together, they explore the hidden biblical world inside the Qur'an — how figures like Abraham, Jonah, Adam, and Jesus appear in Islamic scripture in ways that assume familiarity with earlier traditions. They discuss whether the three Abrahamic faiths share one God, how Christians are portrayed in the Qur'an, what it means for Jews and Christians to read the Qur'an — and Muslims to read the Bible — and why "willing the good of the other" may be the most urgent spiritual call of our time.

🕌 Topics Covered:

Do Muslims, Christians, and Jews worship the same God?

The Qur'an's biblical subtext: Abraham, Jonah, Adam

How the Qur'an views Christians and their scriptures

Bible vs. Qur'an: two different theories of revelation

How to read each other's scriptures with integrity

Book recommendations from Prof. Reynolds

Closing reflection on human fraternity and interfaith friendship

📚 Books by Gabriel Said Reynolds:

The Qur'an and the Bible: Text and Commentary (Yale University Press)

Christianity and the Qur'an: The Rise of Islam in Christian Arabia (Yale, 2025)

The Qur'an and Its Biblical Subtext (Routledge)

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