THE BIBLE THE QUR'AN AND SCIENCE BOOK BY MAURICE BUCAILLE

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 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, 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 writing 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.

 

Bucaille recalls his first ‘historic’ serious encounter that shaped the main drive of his life much later on:

 

“In 1935, I was 15 years old, a student in a Christian College. At that time very important discoveries of necessarily human paintings in caverns in the south of Spain were made. The specialist, who discovered them Father Peyrony, had announced that ‘very likely these paintings date back to about 15,000 years from now’. My book of religious teachings stated that the first appearance of man on earth dated back to about 40 centuries before Jesus. I turned to my teacher (seeking an explanation) saying: ‘Father… what is credible of the two estimates?’ The Father replied: No … No… Please, don’t confuse two things; you have the Science, and you have Religion, if there’s something which is not in accordance, it is the Religion that says the truth’. I responded: ‘But this is impossible, it is a well established fact; the first appearance of man on earth cannot be evaluated to these times in the Bible… It is impossible’.