Looking for a study bible, old and new testaments, annotated by those who follow Islam and the Koran. I already have a start on the "people of the book" who all claim Abrahm as their ancestor with Christian and Jewish annotated study bibles. Anybody know what will fill this bill?

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How about- Paganism in it's Prime by Yuful Yousef

Dunno if it's what you're looking for, but I use E-Sword. Free download and has a lot of addons and different versions for download.

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I would like to gain some insight on the thinking and world view of the Islamic world. The bible woud provide a known context and basis for comparison.

I think the challenge with this type of resource would be the quality of the commentary. I frankly wouldn't expect such a commentary to provide a really good look at either Jewish or Muslim beliefs.

I mean a Jewish commentary on the New Testament would be like a Christian commentary on the Qur'an ... the commentary would either be written by someone who has rejected the authenticity of the books they are commenting on or by someone who accepts the books in some fashion contrary to the orthodox beliefs of their group. On the other hand, while a Muslim commentary on the Bible may be able to provide some insight on their beliefs, it would necessarily either be written from the viewpoint that the texts are corrupt and untrustworthy or from a viewpoint that likely wouldn't represent traditional, orthodox Muslim beliefs.

My initial thought on how to achieve what you are describing would be to get a trusted commentary from each faith group using their accepted texts and try to learn about their beliefs that way. For example, at one point I selected The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an as a potential resource for learning more about Islam, but I never got around to that study.

The other approach would be to read some of the material written by Christians who have studied the beliefs other faith groups; one online resource for this is CARM.

The groups seem to share what is known as the Tanakh or the Old Testament, even though they differ in their translations and the meaning of those provisions. I am ignorant about how Islam views those translations or has its own, but would like to know. Even different Christian study bibles offer interesting contrasts from one another.

The Harper Collins Study Bible is what I used in college religious studies classes. Quite useful and very informative.

My understanding is that while Muslims accept a common history (e.g., Adam, Abraham, etc.), they claim the Bible (OT & NT) has been corrupted and the Qu'ran is the only trustworthy scripture that exists today.

That said, I haven't studied Islam much so I'd encourage you to continue looking into it for yourself.

You might wish to peruse the anthropological literature, which should be relatively objective. I am not familiar with that area, so I am afraid I can't be more specific.