In his objective study of the texts, Maurice Bucaille
clears away many preconceived ideas about the Old
Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an. He tries, in this
collection of Writings, to separate what belongs to
Revelation from what is the product of error or human
interpretation. His study sheds new light on the Holy
Scriptures. At the end of a gripping account, he places
the Believer before a point of cardinal importance: the
continuity of a Revelation emanating from the same God,
with modes of expression that differ in the course of
time. It leads us to meditate upon those factors which,
in our day, should spiritually unite rather than
divide-Jews, Christians and Muslims.
As a surgeon, Maurice Bucaille has often been in a
situation where he was able to examine not only people's
bodies, but their souls. This is how he was struck by the
existence of Muslim piety and by aspects of Islam which
remain unknown to the vast majority of non-Muslims. In
his search for explanations which are otherwise difficult
to obtain, he learnt Arabic and studied the Qur'an. In
it, he was surprised to find statements on natural
phenomena whose meaning can only be understood through
modern scientific knowledge.
He then turned to the question of the authenticity of
the writings that constitute the Holy Scriptures of the
monotheistic religions. Finally, in the case of the
Bible, he proceeded to a confrontation between these
writings and scientific data.
The results of his research into the Judeo-Christian
Revelation and the Qur'an are set out in this book.
