Misschien zijn mensen elke generatie bezig om 't geestelijk wiel opnieuw uit te vinden! De oudere
wieltjes zijn blijven steken & men beijvert zich om iets dergelijks te maken dat wat langer mee kan gaan?
De christelijke overtuigingen komen allemaal vanuit 't jodendom: Yesjoe & z'n volgelingen waren joods ...
Also a number of scholars have tried to corroborate the view that islam owes a tremendous debt to Hebraic
writings & traditions. The koran teems with ideas, allusions, & even phraseology, drawn not so much from
the written as from the oral jewish law, from the traditions that grew round it, & the commentaries on it ...
The talmud is the meeting point of the three monotheistic creeds of the world; & even with the imperfect
information that the eastern scholars have given respecting it, it has done much to throw light upon them all! Muhammed was never backward to acknowledge the intimate connection between his faith and that of the jews. And in more than one passage of the koran he refers with equal respect to their oral and to their
written law. On the other hand, there are many scholars, who claim Muhammed's acquaintanceship with bi-blical material was, to be sure, extremely superficial and very rich in errors. He may have owed some of its
koranic characteristics to the jewish legends of the haggadah, but more to the christian teachers who, in addition, acqainted him with the gospel of the infancy, the legend of the seven sleepers, the saga of alex-
ander, & the other recurrent themes of medieval world literature. The same opinion is maintained by some
others, who feel that the impulse came from christianity. However, no conclusive research has been done thus far to determine how much of jewish & how much of christian traditions went into the making of islam.
Ik ben benieuwd: voor zover ik weet komen joodse ideeen uit de hen omringende culturen van meer dan zo'n 3000 jaar geleden, de christelijke ideetjes uit 't jodendom van bijna 2000 jaar geleden, & de islam uit
zowel joden- als christendom ergens rond 1400 jaar geleden: ik zie meer overeenkomsten dan verschillen
maar ik kan me vergissen als leek & eigenwijze 'oeroude' kluizenaar die ooit rondzwierf in die verre regio.
