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Note on a Possible Jewish Source for Muhammad's 'Night Journey'

Note on a Possible Jewish Source for Muhammad's 'Night Journey' 1 Abraham Geiger, Judaism and Islam , orig. pub. 1898, New York, Ktav, 1970. 2 C. Snouck Hurgronje, Mohammedianism , New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916. 3 Ignaz Goldziher, Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law , orig. 1910, Princeton, University of Princeton Press, 1981, ch. 1; Charles Torrey, The Jewish Foundation of Islam , 1933 lectures, New York, Ktav, 1967; and Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Some Religious Aspects of Islam , Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1981, ch. VI. 4 Patricia Crone and Michael Cook, Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1977. NOTES ET DOCUMENTS NOTE ON A POSSIBLE JEWISH SOURCE FOR MUHAMMAD’S ‘NIGHT JOURNEY’ by MORDECHAI NISAN Accumulative and convincing research has demonstrated that Judaic materials exten- sively Ž ll the narrative and legal contents of Islam. Since the seminal work of Geiger 1 and the comments of Hurgronje, 2 through the writings of among other scholars Goldziher, Torrey, and Lazarus-Yafeh, 3 no less the trenchant interpreta- tions of Crone and Cook, 4 both the Qur " an and ú ad “ th literature have been exam- ined with an eye to their substantive and central biblical and rabbinic elements. Such comparative religious http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arabica Brill

Note on a Possible Jewish Source for Muhammad's 'Night Journey'

Arabica , Volume 47 (2): 254 – Jan 1, 2000

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0570-5398
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10.1163/157005800323295938
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1 Abraham Geiger, Judaism and Islam , orig. pub. 1898, New York, Ktav, 1970. 2 C. Snouck Hurgronje, Mohammedianism , New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916. 3 Ignaz Goldziher, Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law , orig. 1910, Princeton, University of Princeton Press, 1981, ch. 1; Charles Torrey, The Jewish Foundation of Islam , 1933 lectures, New York, Ktav, 1967; and Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Some Religious Aspects of Islam , Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1981, ch. VI. 4 Patricia Crone and Michael Cook, Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1977. NOTES ET DOCUMENTS NOTE ON A POSSIBLE JEWISH SOURCE FOR MUHAMMAD’S ‘NIGHT JOURNEY’ by MORDECHAI NISAN Accumulative and convincing research has demonstrated that Judaic materials exten- sively Ž ll the narrative and legal contents of Islam. Since the seminal work of Geiger 1 and the comments of Hurgronje, 2 through the writings of among other scholars Goldziher, Torrey, and Lazarus-Yafeh, 3 no less the trenchant interpreta- tions of Crone and Cook, 4 both the Qur " an and ú ad “ th literature have been exam- ined with an eye to their substantive and central biblical and rabbinic elements. Such comparative religious

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