Reference: Tisdall, W. St. Clair, A Manual of the Leading Muhammadan Objections to Christianity, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, England, 1904, pp. 239. 

Background:  This book offers the responses of a Christian scholar—who was familiar with the Qur'an, Muhammad's traditions, and Semitic languages—to the objections of Muslims to the claims of the Bible.  W. St. Clair Tisdall defends the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ, the teachings of the Old and New Testaments, the Holy Trinity, and the necessity of the sacrificial death of our blest Savior.  In addition, he responds to the challenges against the reliability and integrity of the text of the Old and New Testaments.  

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