Through this intimate gathering, we’ll attempt to examine the etymologies and meanings of some of the names of God found in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. It will attempt to answer: Who is Allah? Do Muslims and Jews (and Christians) worship the same God? What is the greatest name of God? What is the personality of the biblical and Qur’anic God? Join us as we dive deeply into this conversation.

The discussion will be led by faculty member Dr. Ali Ataie.

Join us in person or via livestream at Zaytuna.edu/Live.

Dr. Ali Ataie has been involved in interfaith activities for over fifteen years. He has been a guest lecturer and guest instructor at several colleges and universities, including Cal Poly State, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cal State East Bay, and others. He has also engaged in dialogs and debates with a number of Christian scholars on topics ranging from the historicity of the resurrection of Christ (upon whom be peace) and the Prophethood of Muhammad (upon whom be peace and blessings). He studied various Islamic sciences with local San Francisco Bay Area scholars. He is a graduate of the Badr Arabic Language Institute in Hadramawt, Yemen, and studied at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa, also in Hadramawt, under some of the most eminent scholars in the world. He holds a Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, with emphasis upon the New Testament (he is the first Muslim seminarian in the 147-year history of the school to earn this degree). He is certified in Arabic, Hebrew, and Biblical Greek, and is fluent in Farsi. He has recently obtained a Ph.D. in Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics at the GTU and is an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies and lecturer on World Religions at the GTU. External Event Url
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