Part II: Translating the Biblical Term ‘Son(s) of God’ in Muslim Contexts

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  • Rick Brown
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International Journal of Frontier Missions 22:4 Winter 2005•135 Summary of the problem In part one, “Explaining the Biblical Term ‘Son(s) of God’ in Muslim Contexts,” we saw that the term ‘son(s) of God’ has a broad range of meanings. For most Muslims, however, this term has one meaning only, and that is God’s offspring by a sexual union. Worse yet, many Muslims are so frightened of this term that they refuse to read or listen to any text that asserts it. The term becomes a linguistic stumbling block that bars access to the Gospel. Thus they lose the opportunity to read the Gospel accounts of Jesus, even though the Qur’an commands them to believe in the Gospel (4:136; 3:3).

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تاریخ انتشار 2005