Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-294) and index.

"A tale of two cities" in history -- Is Muhammad one of the prophets? -- The choice before the human being: caliph or king? -- Exodus from Babel to Jerusalem, Hijra from Mecca to Medina -- The ideals and the reality of the promised city, the land, and the earth -- Solomon and the Queen of Sheba/Bilqîs in Jerusalem -- Violence in the city-- Prayer of intercession for the city of Sodom -- What threatens the city? Gog and Magog: Mammon and Moloch -- How is the victory over the cities viewed? -- To whom does the victory belong?

Discussing the Bible and the Qur'an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues that all three traditions must read the Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, the three books, in the end, are actually one tale. Wessels accepts Muhammad as a prophet and takes the Qur'an seriously as Holy Scripture along with the Old and New Testaments -- without giving up his
own Christian convictions. Respectfully reading the Torah,
the Gospel, and the Qur'an together, he argues, is of
crucial importance: our world often sees these religious
books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution
to them.

Translated from Dutch.