“A prophet like Moses”?: what can we know about the early jewish responses to Muḥammad's claims of Mosesness?

While Islam echoes the Jewish characterization and adoration of Moses as God's messenger, interlocutor (al-kalīm), and right-hand man, Islam rejects the Jewish teachings regarding Moses's everlasting prophetic uniqueness. For Islam, Moses was matched by a subsequent prophet whose life para...

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Main Author: Lowin, Shari L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: HUC 2020
In: Hebrew Union College annual
Year: 2019, Volume: 90, Pages: 227-255
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Moses / Judaism / Islam / Prophet / Ibn-Hišām, ʿAbd-al-Malik 767-834 / Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
BJ Islam
HB Old Testament
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