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Explanations of Jewish interpretive traditions and how midrashic readings illuminate Scripture.
Rebuttals to Islamic Awareness : Is The Qur'an's Story Of Solomon & Sheba From The Jewish Targum? Paid Members Public
Is The Qur'an's Story Of Solomon & Sheba From The Jewish Targum? (A response to Muslim objections) INTRODUCTION In an article found at: http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/BBsheba.html the writers, Muhammad, Saifullah and Hannan (hereinafter collectively referred to as MSH), try to disguise
Rebuttal to Shabir Ally : Its True! The Quran Borrowed Stories From Preexisting Sources Paid Members Public
Its True! The Quran Borrowed Stories From Preexisting Sources Sam Shamoun Shabir : Isn't it true that the Qur'an is copied from the Bible? Answer No. This is not true. All evidence show that the Qur'an could not have been copied from the Bible. Response:
Response to Islamic Awareness: What Is The Source Of The Story Of Cain & Abel In The Qur'an: Pirke De-Rabbi Eli'ezer Or Midrash Tanhuma? Paid Members Public
Responses to Islamic Awareness To Moo Or Not To Moo, That Is The Question! or The Art of Selective Quotation and the Tu Quoque Fallacy Introduction The "Islamic Awareness" team desperately attempts to save the Qur'an from a serious historical and philosophical error - the Qur&
Response to Islamic Awareness: What Is The Source Of The Story Of Cain & Abel In The Qur'an: Pirke De-Rabbi Eli'ezer Or Midrash Tanhuma? Paid Members Public
Responses to Islamic Awareness What Is The Source Of The Story Of Cain & Abel In The Qur'an: Pirke De-Rabbi Eli'ezer Or Midrash Tanhuma? or More Selective Quotations and ad hominem Attacks ? 1. Introduction In their latest effort to save the Qur'an from the
Abraham's marriage to his sister Sarah Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Osama Abdallah has taken exception with the biblical teaching that Abraham married his half sister Sarah. We even hesitate to address this point since no matter what we say Osama will simply resort to his mantra syndrome and post the same argument a half dozen times without ever
Jewish Influences in the Qur'an Paid Members Public
The Collection and Sources of the Qu'ran B. JEWISH INFLUENCES IN THE QUR'AN . 1. Muhammad's Debt to Judaism . We have already seen that many of the narratives in the Qur'an and Hadith have extra-Islamic origins. In this section we shall briefly examine
The Messiah in the Jewish Traditions Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun New Testament application of OT texts In this particular section of our series we will be quoting the NT corpus to see how Jesus and his followers understood and applied the specific OT texts and promises which we sourced in the first part of our series. We will
The Messiah in the Jewish Traditions Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Introduction Here we begin a series of articles where we will be looking to specific OT passages concerning God’s promise to raise up a King for his people, a King who would reign forever. We will then proceed to examine such statements in light of the explanation