Muḥammad, the Monk, and the Jews: Comparative Religion in Versions of the Baḥīrā Legend
Early Muslims told a tale about Baḥīrā, a Christian monk who identified the young Muḥammad as the long-awaited prophet and warned the boy’s guardian to protect him from murderous Jews. This legend proved so popular that not only later Muslims but also Christians, Samaritans, and Jews themselves reto...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Baḥīrā-Legende
/ Mounting (technology)
/ Simile
/ Jews
/ Depiction
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism BJ Islam CA Christianity KCD Hagiography; saints NAB Fundamental theology TE Middle Ages |
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