Lincoln ’s Reviews > Prophet Has Appeared: The Rise of Islam through Christian and Jewish Eyes, A Sourcebook > Status Update
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...Muʿāwiya’s alleged fondness for Christianity as well as the glowing terms in which contemporary Christian sources describe him. John’s report that the Believers held the Christians in general and their monastics especially in honor seems to confirm what we have already seen in Ishoʿyahb’s letter,
written during the 650s in Adiabene, also in northern Mesopotamia...
— Feb 18, 2022 12:46PM
written during the 650s in Adiabene, also in northern Mesopotamia...
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Lincoln
is on page 205 of 320
...there is substantial evidence from a number of
sources indicating that prayer in the direction of a Meccan shrine
was not a standard practice among Muhammad’s early followers,
but this shrine and its veneration instead emerged only gradually as
a central focus of Islamic faith and practice...the original direction of prayer
for Muhammad’s followers was indeed Jerusalem...
— Feb 18, 2022 01:07PM
sources indicating that prayer in the direction of a Meccan shrine
was not a standard practice among Muhammad’s early followers,
but this shrine and its veneration instead emerged only gradually as
a central focus of Islamic faith and practice...the original direction of prayer
for Muhammad’s followers was indeed Jerusalem...
Lincoln
is on page 182 of 320
"Nevertheless, in late ancient Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature, the sons of Esau is a title regularly given to the
Romans, and so one would imagine that this is also its significance
in this instance."
— Feb 17, 2022 06:18PM
Romans, and so one would imagine that this is also its significance
in this instance."
Lincoln
is on page 139 of 320
...Metatron the prince of the Presence answered him and said: “Do
not be afraid, mortal, for the Holy One, blessed be He, is bringing
about the kingdom of Ishmael only for the purpose of delivering you
from that wicked one [i.e., Edom/Rome]. He shall raise up over them
a prophet in accordance with His will, and he will subdue the land
for them; and they shall come and restore it with grandeur...
— Feb 16, 2022 06:44PM
not be afraid, mortal, for the Holy One, blessed be He, is bringing
about the kingdom of Ishmael only for the purpose of delivering you
from that wicked one [i.e., Edom/Rome]. He shall raise up over them
a prophet in accordance with His will, and he will subdue the land
for them; and they shall come and restore it with grandeur...
