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A book on Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and the questions between them — written to be read in order, or opened anywhere.

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Three reference dashboards sit behind the writing. Each puts the sources on a single page, counts what can be counted, and states the objection before answering it.

Plate 1

The Tanakh and the Oral Torah, audited

The Tanakh and the Oral Torah on the same terms — the manuscript record, the layers of rabbinic law, and where Jews and Muslims genuinely differ.

How directly each verse states its claim
12 Verses weighed
14 Witnesses dated
6 Layers of oral law

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Plate 2

What the cited verses actually say

Every verse both sides cite on the Trinity, scored on how directly it states its claim, how secure its wording is, and whose words they are.

How directly each verse states its claim
82 Verses weighed
8 Claims tested
12 Contested wording

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Plate 3

The Qur’an and the hadith, audited

The same instruments turned inward: the variant readings of the Qur’an, the manuscript record, and how a hadith is graded.

How directly each verse states its claim
14 Verses weighed
7 Witnesses dated
12 Collections and grades

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Contents

22 pages · Est. 2026

Everything published so far, in the order a reader might take it.

Judaism

  1. 1 Part opening 1 page
  2. 1.1 Judaism: what a Muslim sees

Christianity

  1. 2 Part opening 13 pages
  2. 2.1 Understanding Christianity
  3. 2.2 The Bible
  4. 2.3 Major Events in Christian History
  5. 2.4 Christian Denominations
  6. 2.5 The Trinity
  7. 2.6 Original Sin
  8. 2.7 Atonement of Sins
  9. 2.8 The Crucifixion
  10. 2.9 Is the Injeel (Gospel) Corrupted?
  11. 2.10 Is the Bible the Word of God?
  12. 2.11 The Trinity: Questions & Answers
  13. 2.12 Sin in Christian Thought
  14. 2.13 Atonement of Sins: Questions & Answers

Islam

  1. 3 Part opening 1 page
  2. 3.1 Overview of Islam

Answering Christianity

  1. 4 Part opening 7 pages
  2. 4.1 Muslim Response: Jesus believed as god, but a god who pray to another God in John 17:3, proclaiming the other God.
  3. 4.2 Muslim Response: Allah is the Best of Deceivers in Surah 3:54
  4. 4.3 Muslim Response: Is Allah the Same God Referred to in the Bible?
  5. 4.4 Muslim Response: Does Allah Bring About Both Good and Evil?
  6. 4.5 Muslim Response: Qur'anic Abrogation (2:106 and 16:101)
  7. 4.6 Muslim Response: Jesus Was Born Miraculously
  8. 4.7 Muslim Response: Qur'an 10:94

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