Very thoughtful. It is what distinguishes Christianity, from say Mad Mo Religion, which has belief that the Koran exists in arabic in a pre existent, archetype form. Christianity believes that Jesus himself was ‘the Word’, not a book being the word. Paul makes it clear the bible was the result of God inspiring the creation of the text. But the text was not pre existent. So what does that mean for a Christian. Simply that the written word speaks about the Word but is not the Word. It is to be revered, but it is not the subject or relic to worshipped in and of itself.
Correct. The Koran in Islam takes the place of Jesus in Christianity
Sunni, Shia and Ibadi (but not Ismaili I think) believe that the Koran was not created but pre-existed before creation, so it takes the place of Jesus in their religion.
The correspondence for the Bible is the Hadith and Sirah
Simply that the written word speaks about the Word but is not the Word. It is to be revered, but it is not the subject or relic to worshipped in and of itself. -- yes!!