Maurice Bucaille (French pronunciation: [moris bykaj]; 19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998[2]) was a French doctor known primarily for his book The Bible, The Qur'an and Science.
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| Born | Maurice Henri Jules Bucaille 19 July 1920 Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, France |
| Died | 17 February 1998 (aged 77) Paris, France |
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| Notable work | Mummies of the Pharaohs - Modern Medical Investigations and The Bible, The Qur'an and Science |
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Career
editMaurice Bucaille was a specialist in the field of gastroenterology.[3] In 1973, he was appointed as the family physician of Faisal of Saudi Arabia.[4] His patients included the members of the family of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.[5]
In 1976, Bucaille published a book titled The Bible, The Qur'an and Science following his study of the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II.[6][7] The book contained multiple references to the Quran, relating science and Quran in which Bucaille concluded that the Quran is a divine revelation and that it was not written by any man. The book gave rise to a movement called Bucailleism, which tries to relate modern science with religion, especially Islam.[8] Since the publishing of The Bible, the Quran and Science, Bucaillists have promoted the idea that the Quran is of divine origin, arguing that it contains scientifically and historically correct facts.[9][10] According to The Wall Street Journal, Bucailleism is "in some ways the Muslim counterpart to Christian creationism" and although "while creationism rejects much of modern science, Bucailleism embraces it."[11]
Publications
edit- La Bible, le Coran et la Science : Les Écritures Saintes examinées à la lumière des connaissances modernes, Seghers 1976, (ISBN 978-2221501535), Pocket 2003, (ISBN 978-2266131032)
- Les Momies des pharaons et la médecine, Séguier, 1987 (ISBN 2906284475). Mummies of the Pharaohs: Modern Medical Investigations by Maurice Bucaille. Translated by Alastair D. Pannell and the author. Illustrated. 236 pp. New York: St. Martin's Press.
- Réflexions sur le Coran, with Mohamed Talbi, Seghers, (Reflections on the Koran), 1989 (ISBN 2232101487).
- L'homme d'où vient-il? Les réponses de la science et des Écritures Saintes (Where does man come from? The responses of science and Scripture), Seghers, 1980 7ème éd.(ISBN 2221007816).
- Bucaille, Maurice (1982). What is the origin of man? : the answers of science and the Holy Scriptures. Paris: Seghers. ISBN 9782221011010.
- Moïse et Pharaon ; Les Hébreux en Egypte ; (Moses and Pharaoh, The Hebrews in Egypt) Quelles concordances de Livres saints avec l'Histoire, Seghers, 1995 (ISBN 2-232-10466-4).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Maurice Bucaille". www.whonamedit.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". Katalog derDeutschen Nationalbibliothek.
- ^ "Maurice Bucaille". www.bucaillelegacy.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021. (obituary)
- ^ "The story of Maurice Bucaille's inspiring conversion to Islam". Arab News. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Browne, Malcolm W. (3 February 1991). "All wrapped up in his work". The New York Times. (review of Mummies of the Pharaohs: Modern Medical Investigations)
- ^ Harding, Sandra, ed. (2011). The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Duke University Press. p. 375. ISBN 9780822349570.
- ^ Stenberg, Leif; Wood, Philip, eds. (2023). What Is Islamic Studies?: European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9781399500012.
- ^ Helaine Selin, ed. (2008). "Islamic Science, the contemporary debate". Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures. p. 456. Bibcode:2008ehst.book.....S. OCLC 900685916.
- ^ Explorations in Islamic science Ziauddin Sardar, (1989), retrieved 28 March 2011
- ^ Taner Edis (2007). An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam. Prometheus Books. pp. 94–100. ISBN 9781591024491.
- ^ Daniel Golden (23 January 2002). "Strange Bedfellows: Western Scholars Play Key Role in Touting 'Science' of the Quran". Wall Street Journal.
Further reading
edit- Stefano Bigliardi (December 2011). "Snakes from Staves? Science, Scriptures and the Supernatural in Maurice Bucaille". Journal of Religion and Science. 46 (4). Wiley: 793–805. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01218.x. (A philosophical criticism of Bucaille's theories)