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Independent Researcher. Founder and chief moderator of r/AcademicQuran. I study the Bible and the Quran in their cultural contexts from an academic perspective.

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · May 29

This thread is a continuation of my earlier discussion of Q 38:22-23 which you can read in the link below. In this thread we will explore some possible Christian traditions that may have influenced the story of David and the disputants.

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Q 38:23 has two disputants confronting David with one of them saying that he had a sheep stolen by a man who had 99 sheep, a story which eventually leads David to repentance after an unspecified sin:

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Post advertising an app tracking parallels between the Hadith and the Talmud on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam, Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone have access to Sebastian Brock's translation of Jacob of Serugh's Homily on the Seven Sleepers?

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Post comparing the original versus modern pronunciations of the Arabic text of the Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: The original pronunciation of the Quran vs the modern pronunciation

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Post I made asking about academic studies for Q 2:143 and if there are parallels to the idea of Islam as a middle way on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

Post proposing a connection between the Jerusalem talmud and the story of Cain and Abel in the Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Post asking if there is historical evidence for the existence of the Zulfiqar on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Post drawing parallels between the Hadith and talmud regarding Gabriel as the messenger of God and his interactions with Moses on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Islamic tradition recorded in buhari that waraqa bin noufil said that Jibril was send also to Moses, not just muhamed existed prior to islam in jewish and probably Christian sources

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 4d

Post showcasing Syriac Christian examples of the idea that the heavens were supported by pillars on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, really Islam Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: The narrative of the heavens being created without pillars echoes common terminology of late antique Syriac literature

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Post looking for an Islamic miniature painting of the golden calf on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Where can I find a Miniature Painting of the Golden Calf?

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Post asking what is the best online course for understanding Islamic Studies on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Post asking how much of the Quran and its structure goes back to Muhammad on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

Post asking for parallels to a statement attributed to the Prophet Elijah in a Shia Hadith on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

Why do people say Pokémon as "Poke-uh mon" when the é clearly would make an "at" sound?

Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

A new place post asking which Hadith are considered to be authentic by Western Scholars on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 7d

Why in the name of all that is good and holy must people use the infernal Wii eShop music in YouTube videos?!!! I didn't used to hate that song growing up, but I have come to despise it now

Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 8d

Post I made asking if the Arabic and Q 7: 130 implies that the plagues of Egypt lasted for several years on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Post asking how Islam has influenced the development of other religions on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 9d

Post showcasing a Shia Hadith where the sun is said to set in a warm spring on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 9d

Post advertising Ghareeb, a new app with classical Arabic dictionaries on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 9d

Post showcasing a pre Islamic Arabian Christian funerary inscription from Najran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Christian inscription written in pre-Islamic Paleo-Arabic from Najran Saudi Arabia

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 10d

Post with video discussion by @shahanSean on the Christology of Q 19 on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: IQSA Zoom Seminar #5 Sean Anthony, “The Surprising Christology of the Annunciation Scene in Q19..."

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Post showing a carving dating from 6-5th century BCE containung the name Allah on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: it is said this carving has the name of Allah, and is from the 6th-5th century BCE

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 11d

Post asking if the moon is its own source of light in classical Islamic exegesis on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 11d

Posted inviting developers to create a next generation Quran app on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 12d

Thoughts on this video by Cameron Bertuzzi claiming the Islamic Dilemma is not something modern apologists cooked up but goes back to Late Antiquity?

BREAKING: We Just Found the Very First Islamic Dilemma (700s AD)

A newly translated 8th-century manuscript reveals that George of B’eltan, a Syriac Christian Patriarch, was already dismantling Islam with the very argument we now call the Islamic Dilemma. What’s…