More about the history of Islam:
http://www.newenglishreview.org/Ibn_Warraq/
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- Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:54 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Ibn Warraq New English Review articles about Islam
- Replies: 0
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- Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40014
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:30 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Arab Jesus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3453
Re: Arab Jesus
An answer might emerge in Philip Jenkins' "The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia — and How It Died". He mentions Merv: http://www.enotes.com/topics/lost-history-christianity That's where Ohlig says the proto-Koran...
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:57 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Arab Jesus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3453
Arab Jesus
Do you have any ideas how the Arabs adopted and developed the Jesus myth?
How would you improve upon this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... Christians
How would you improve upon this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... Christians
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:54 pm
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28632
Re: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
I'm not aware of any.beowulf wrote:Is any alpha intellect already exploring this possibility?
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28632
Re: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
What say you? I say it is possible. I think at the very least the idea is worth considering. I mean, worth exploring. Because it is relatively clear that the core idea of the Mohammed story is derived from the Jesus story. But then what also matters is the plot and the components of the story. I su...
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:31 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40014
Re: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
The first thing I linked to does not depend on the phantom-time hypothesis.
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:13 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28632
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:03 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40014
Re: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
Christianity slowly educated the Goths and the Franks, laying down a shared heritage that provided the ability to withstand the Muslim intrusion through Spain into France. The Muslims were Christians: http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-karl-heinz-ohlig-muhammad-as-a-christological-honorifi...
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:32 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Ibn Hisham according to Edwardes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7994