Write an Essay that compare and contrasts the Koran to the Bible, both in terms of its ideas and in terms of its literary style.

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The Bible and the Koran: Ideas and Literary Style
Both Christianity and Islam possess a body of holy writings known as the Bible and the Koran respectively, and which are believed to be divinely inspired and prescriptive for the faith and life of the believers. The Bible consists of the Old and New Testaments, which comprise thirty-nine books and twenty-seven books respectively (Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians add more books to the Old Testament) while the Koran, which is believed to God’s word spoken verbatim to Prophet Muhammad, consists of 114 chapters (surahs) and 6,000 verses (ayat). Similar to the Bible, the Koran has inspired an extensive library of exposition, interpretation, and commentary. The Koran has references to more than fifty events and persons also found in the Bible. However, it is also imperative to note that many of the stories contained in the Bible are noticeably missing in the Koran. While the ideas and literary techniques employed in each book are comparable in most respects, certain differences emerge. Often, ideas in the Koran tend to focus on the spiritual or moral significance of events instead of the details. The similarities between the Koranic and Biblical accounts of events and persons offer proof of the influence of preexistent traditions in the writing of both books.
The Bible and the Koran have some similarities. First, both the Bible and the Koran share a common idea of the oneness of God, the ma…