Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Muslim Perceptions and Receptions of the Bible; Texts and Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2019) 39-47
Keywords:
Polemics History
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
;
Religious disputations History
Abstract:
The Muslim polemic against Judaism and its adherents is a phenomenon as old as Islam, and the Qurʾān was its very first source. Its sūras, especially the ones from the period of Muḥammad’s preaching in Medina (622–632 CE), proffer the following arguments, among others: unlike the Christians, the Jews are hostile to the Prophet and the Muslims; the cumbersome Jewish laws, especially the dietary laws, were a punishment from God for the Jews’ disobedience, but are now lifted by the new dispensation; the Jews are too attached to earthly life; and their excessive reverence for their leaders, the rabbis,...
Note:
Appeared previously in "Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World" IV (2010) 82-90.
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctvd1c9ww.7
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