The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
5 The Table ۞ Al-Mā’ida
The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
This sūra offers instruction on a variety of topics (e.g. prayer, pilgrimage, and food), and prescribes punishment for certain offenses (e.g. murder and theft). Several passages condemn various ‘pagan’ practices, but many more are critical of Jewish disobedience and Christian doctrine, and believers are warned against entering into alliance with the ‘People of the Book.’ Its title refers to the miraculous ‘table’ of food sent down to Jesus and his disciples.