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Spoerl / The Levantine Review Volume 2 Number 1 (Spring 2013) Scriptures. They say: ‘This is from God,’ whereas it is not from God. Thus they knowingly ascribe falsehood to God.”

3:187 “When God made a covenant with those to whom the Scriptures were given He said: ‘Proclaim these to mankind and do not suppress them.’ But they cast the Scriptures over their backs and sold them for a paltry price.”

5:12-14 “God made a covenant with the Israelites… But because they broke their covenant We laid on them our curse and hardened their hearts. They have tampered with words out of their context and forgotten much of what they were enjoined. You will ever find them deceitful, except for a few of them.”

5:15 “People of the Book! Our apostle has come to reveal to you much of what you have hidden of the Scriptures…”

5:41 “They tamper with words out of their context…”

6:91 “Say: ‘Who, then, revealed the Scriptures which Moses brought down, a light and a guide for mankind? You have transcribed them on scraps of paper, declaring some and suppressing much…”

13:36 “Those to whom We gave the Scriptures rejoice in what is revealed to you, while some factions deny a part of it.”


 * Joseph S. Spoerl is Professor in the Philosophy Department at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. He holds BA and MA degrees from Boston University, and MA and Ph.D degrees from the University of Toronto. He has published in such journals as Comparative Islamic Studies, The Journal of Conflict Studies, the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. ISSN: 2164-­6678