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. Different world religions have different sources of authority,

and very often those sources of authority come in written form.

Some of these religious writings are very ancient, going back thousands of years. Some of them are

relatively new. Some of them are of suspect origin and others are, well, we know where they came from,

who wrote them. But is there any compatibility between the Bible and these other religious writings? Welcome back to issues, et cetera. We're

beginning a new series on the Bible and other religious writings. Today we'll talk about the Bible,

the Talmud, and the Quran. Dr. Adam Francisco joins us. He's director of academics and scholar

and residence for 1517, adjunct professor of history at Concordia University, Chicago, and author of one word,

many writings. Dr. Francisco, welcome back. Hi, Todd. How are you? Let's begin with the Bible.

How is it, at the very outset, completely unique among all the religious writings that we find in history?

Well, I mean, it's unique for a few reasons. The quick but nevertheless very true substantial reason is its content is radically different from other religious writings in that you have 66 books within this one larger book. And to be sure,

it's quite broad in the things it teaches, but every one of those books points to one particular

thing, either forward when it comes to the Old Testament or backwards when it comes to the

New Testament to the person and work of Jesus.

It's also quite unique in that it is not just a book.

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