성경과 꾸란의 공통 내러티브를 통한 무슬림과의 선교적 대화 가능성 연구- 노아 내러티브를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to argue that Christianity and Islam can have a meaningful dialogue with each other by emphasizing the common messages from the common narratives appeared in both the Bible and the Quran. To our surprise, Christianity and Islam who have been sharing the history of trouble and discord for a long time, have many common narratives in each of their scriptures. The writer's interest in this article is to find out a possibility that they can have receptive relationship each other through dialogue, even go further up to find the truth. The 23 prophets out of 25 prophets in the Quran are the common figures of the Bible. This article focused on Noah. The Noah Narrative which appears in both scriptures has big or small inconsistencies. There would be some room for further discussion as we see the details in the narratives. However, the two narratives in both scriptures are not much different each other by their appearance. Rather, the points that both scriptures emphasize in Noah Narrative is much the same. It is true that God raged at the people for committing the sins, and punished, and saved righteous Noah and his family from the flood. This plays a part as a sample that God will punish the sinners and save the righteous even today as He did in the past. In fact, the differences in both scriptures do not seem to affect the flow of the story in the narrative. They do not make any gap to the purpose of the story. Having nothing to do with the details of the story, the Noah Narrative has common emphasis, through which both group can grope to accept each other. When one focuses on the differences the Narrative has, both parties would go up to a dispute over the truth eventually. For that reason, the writer argued that both parties are to emphasize the common points rather than the different points of the narratives for the conversation between them. As they focus on the original purpose of the narratives, they can open the possibility of a dialogue with each other through the common narratives, even over the differences. Christianity and Islam are to do their best to have good relationship  with each other in order to understand God's will and practice it for human being revealed in the scriptures.