EQaB investigates the relationship between religion and education, the Qur’an and the Bible. Although aspects of this relationship have been researched separately, no attempt has been made to compare educational strategies in the Qur’an and Bible, either within the broader Study of Religion or on a theoretical basis. The Qur’an, New Testament, and Hebrew Bible, are, of course, unique in their structures, contexts, processes of canonisation etc., but they are also comparable from a theoretical perspective: As scriptures stemming from a particular phase in the cultural-evolutionary development of religion which emphasise teaching and training their adherents’ beliefs and practices in a way that seems new and radical compared to more ancient types of religion. Along two dimensions – depth and width – EQaB approaches the Qur’an and Bible as religious texts that are primarily intended for the purposes of education.
