1Samuel M. Zwemmer : The Moslem Christ, London-Edinburgh, Oliphants, 1911(summary by Abouna R. Matheus)1. Name: 1. Isa (25 x). In 16 cases he is called "son of Mary". This may be a borrowing from Christianliterature (apocryphals) or an expression to stress his humanity. According to Pautz, the Jews caricatured Isa'name by making it Esau. Mohammed borrowed the usage without knowing the sinister import connectedwith it.2. El Messih, Messiah (8 x). intensive form of sah: He was the leader of the wanderers, He had no house.3. Kalimet Allah, the Word of/from God (2 x). Meaning: messenger. Moses is kalîm Allah because Godspoke to him; but Jesus is the Word of God because He communicates God's word (will) to men.4. Ruh Allah, Spirit from God (1 x). Meaning uncertain: Jesus is Spirit from God or as other mortals, Hepartakes of God's creative Spirit.5. Nabi, prophet; rasûl, apostle. God has sent 313 apostles and at least 100.000 prophets. A prophet is a maninspired by God; an apostle is a prophet sent with a special dispensation or to whom a book has beenrevealed. A prophet must be an adult male, free, without mental or bodily defect to whom God has revealedsomething. A prophet must have 4 qualifications: faithfulness (sinlessness), truthfulness (speak according tothe truth or in accordance with what they believe to be the truth), sagacity (ability to silence objectors),delivery of their message without concealing anything. The highest apostle is Mohammed, rasul Allah. He,together with Abraham, Moses and Jesus are Ulu-el-Azîm, endowed with a purpose.6. Other names: He and Mary are called in singular, "a sign unto the worlds" (21:91). "illustrious in thisworld and the next" (3:40), t.i., says Beidhawi, respectively the gifts of prophecy and power of intercession.2. The Koran Account of His Life, Death, and TranslationProblems: 1. absence of logical or chronological order; 2. contradictions, e.g., Isa's death is affirmed anddenied; 3. chronological disorder of the surahs.In Is...