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‘Inimitable’ Koran ?
Interview with Pr. Tobias Specker, professor of Catholic Theology in the light of Islam at Sankt Georgen Graduate school of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt, Germany, about his book : Gottes Wort und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran (God’s Word and Human Language Christian theology of revelation and Islamic positions on the inimitability of the Koran)
Journalist : Raphaël Georgy (Paris)
In collaboration with Antoine Meyer and Lorraine Guitton (Lyon, France)
Scientific advisors : Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa
Entretien avec le professeur de théologie dogmatique Tobias Specker s.j. à l’occasion de la parution le 1er juillet 2021 de son livre en allemand : Gottes Wort und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran (Parole de Dieu et langage humain. Théologie chrétienne de la Révélation et points de vue musulmans sur l’inimitabilité du Coran).
Journaliste : Raphaël Georgy (Paris)
Avec la collaboration d’Antoine Meyer et Lorraine Guitton (Lyon)
Coordination scientifique : Michel Younès et Ali Mostfa (Lyon)
مقابلة مع الأستاذ في اللاهوت العقائدي، طوبياس سبيكير اليسوعي، بمناسبة إصدار كتابه باللغة الألمانية في الأول من تموز/ يوليو 2021 :
Gottes Wort und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran
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