Reddit mentions of The Crucifixion and the Qur'an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought

If you're interested, Professor Todd Lawson has written a book on the subject, "The Crucifixion and the Qur'an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought". A copy is available online here.

A blurb for the book says: "Accentuating the neutrality of the Qur’an’s position, it is suggested that over successive centuries the discussion of the crucifixion within the Islamic tradition was proportionately evolved to accommodate the doctrine of denial in a way which obscured the neutrality of the original Qur’anic position."

Page 25 of the free pdf version states this succinctly as "The point is that tafsir, not the Qur'an, denies the crucifixion. The Qur'an's assertion that the Jews did not crucify Jesus - wa ma salabuhu - is obviously different from saying that Jesus was not crucified - wa ma suliba. The first phrase is Qur'anic, the latter is found nowhere in the Book."

So far I've only read part of the introduction, but the entire book (278 pages) seems very worth reading as an exposition and history of Muslim thought on the topic, which appears much more diverse and dynamic than one might initially suppose. The author is a Baha'i, but the Faith is only mentioned briefly in a footnote on page 191.