Interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an through Love: Scripture, Love, and Hermeneutics

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Tareq Hesham Moqbel (University of Oxford, UK)

Interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an through Love

Scripture, Love, and Hermeneutics

Tareq Hesham Moqbel (University of Oxford, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
13 November 2025

Comparative religion; Islam; Judaism: sacred texts; Sacred texts

This book investigates the role of love as an exegetical resource for interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an.

Through surveying the ways in which love was used to make sense of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures, this book advocates and argues for a hermeneutical approach that reads the Bible and the Qur’an through the lens of love. Engaging various exegetical authorities from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, Tareq Hesham Moqbel identifies numerous cases of love-informed exegesis covering diverse themes and exegetical techniques.

The exegetical dialogue presented in this book shows that the idea of love takes on greater meaning when studied from the standpoint of comparative exegesis. Moreover, by analysing this topic through a comparative lens, the book argues for a novel conceptualisation of love as an exegetical tool, and a reading ethic, that connects the Abrahamic scriptural traditions and can be applied beyond them.

By: Tareq Hesham Moqbel (University of Oxford UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350424876
ISBN 10: 1350424870
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Conventions and Style 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 3. God’s Love 4. Humanity’s Love for God 5. Social and Worldly Love 6. Postscript Bibliography Index of Biblical Verses Index of Qur’anic Verses General Index

Tareq Hesham Moqbel is a Research Fellow at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK.

Reviews for Interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an through Love: Scripture, Love, and Hermeneutics

Tareq Hesham Moqbel is to be thoroughly commended for his meticulous analysis of texts on love in the three major monotheistic religions. His use of the original languages to study the scriptures in question and the exegetes associated with them is truly remarkable. This book is a treasure-trove of insight in terms of understanding and perhaps experiencing love in the monotheistic traditions * Atef Alshaer, University of Westminster, UK *