Parallels Between the Qur'an and Late Antique Judeo-Christian Literature: Difference between revisions

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{{Quote|1=[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202:13-14&version=50; KJV Matthew 2:13-14]|2=And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.}}
{{Quote|1=[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202:13-14&version=50; KJV Matthew 2:13-14]|2=And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.}}


Christians believe that Jesus was prophesized to be born at Bethlehem ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%205:2&version=KJV Micah 5:2]). It looks like Muhammad bin Abdallah never read the Old Testament.
Christians believe that Jesus was prophesized to be born at Bethlehem ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%205:2&version=KJV Micah 5:2]). The presence of this narrative in the Qur'an indicates that the author (and the audience) was deeply familiar with the apocryphal tradition of Marian literature, which more or less rules out a pagan Mecca as the milieu for these verses.  


==Iblis and his refusal to prostrate==
==Iblis and his refusal to prostrate==
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