ON THE QUR’ĀN AND THE THEME OF JEWS AS “KILLERS OF THE PROPHETS”
@inproceedings{Reynolds2012ONTQ, title={ON THE QUR’ĀN AND THE THEME OF JEWS AS “KILLERS OF THE PROPHETS”}, author={Gabriel Said Reynolds}, year={2012} }
A prominent element of the Qur’ān’s material on the Jews is its report that the Israelites killed prophets sent to them. The Qur’an does not describe the killing of any particular prophet, nor does it attempt to prove in any other way that the Jews have killed the prophets. Instead the Qur’an seems to consider it common knowledge that the Jews have done so as it makes certain interreligious arguments in this light. However, on the basis of the Hebrew Bible the prominence of this theme in the…
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