Marlies ter Borg

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Marlies ter Borg-Neervoort ( born 24 December 1948, Pladjoe, Palembang) [1] is a Dutch philosopher, editor and author. Her work focuses principally on the study of texts in the Bible and Qu'ran. She is the author of Koran en Bijbel in Verhalen (Qu'ran and Bible in Stories) and Sharing Mary: Bible and Qu'ran side by side. Both works focus on comparative textual analysis in both holy books. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Marlies ter Borg-Neervoort, Palembang ad Pladjoe revisited
  2. "Bijbel en Koran lijken in verhalen veel op elkaar". Kerknieuws.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. "'Bijbel is nog erger dan Koran'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. "'Koran vrouwvriendelijker dan gedacht'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2010.