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in the text as the growth of story demands. Second, he would show its contradictions by extensively citing the criticism of Jewish or Christian scholars on the story or the thesis. Third, he would also raise questions and answer them with utmost skill. He mostly did his construction or deconstruction by using the works of Jewish or Christian scholars. In these discussions, the author has not claimed any superiority of Prophet Ismail over Prophet Isaac. He avers, ‘The Biblical scholars have taken much liberties with the interpretations of Biblical themes while depicting the characters of Ibrahim, Ismail, Isaac … Sarah and Hagar. The writer of the present book holds all of these great personalities equally respectable, honourable and innocent.’ There is no doubt that the book has been written in ‘vintage scholarly style’. I would like to make a suggesstion at the end. As most of us are not familiar with Biblical historiography [or ‘chronology’?], it would be pertinent to add a chapter thereon in the beginning of the book Without this full appreciation of the book is not possible [The Chronology has now been given in Appendix on ‘A Brief Account of the History of Jerusalem’]. (By Javed Ali)
Islamic Studies; Vol.44; No.1: Spring 2005 In the Second Appendix, Ghauri gives heaps of evidence about the different types of intentional and unintentional corruption in the text of both the Old and the New Testaments. This is followed by a brief account of the history of the Temple of Solomon in the Third Appendix. These appendices have added to the value of this scholarly work. (….), the book has been written in a scholarly manner and the author attempts to accumulate irrefutable arguments in support of his views.
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