I am not allowed to post in the Islamic section, because I was 'forced' to take the agnostic belief label. Therefore I am starting a thread here to discuss this topic here. The previous thread gave brief incorrect citation without a source.
First, as a Baha'i I have no problem with parts of the scripture of the Quran being from earlier sources, as the same as I have no problem with the Old Testament being in part a compilation of earlier Babylonian and Canaanite/Ugarit sources, and parts of the gospels from earlier oral and written sources possible Q.
I consider the description of the origins of the Quran to be a traditional description the same as how Traditional Judaism, and Christianity considers how the origin of their scripture, which as academic scholars now conclude the authorship and dates of origin of the OT and NT are not what Traditional believers believe. For example: Genesis and Exodus were not mostly written by Moses, but represent an edited compilation including older non-Hebrew sources after ~600 BCE.
This view is not new with Tom Holland, and only controversial with fundamentalist Islamic believers in the same manner the contemporary scholarly view of the origins of the OT and NT is controversial among fundamentalist Christians,
First, as a Baha'i I have no problem with parts of the scripture of the Quran being from earlier sources, as the same as I have no problem with the Old Testament being in part a compilation of earlier Babylonian and Canaanite/Ugarit sources, and parts of the gospels from earlier oral and written sources possible Q.
I consider the description of the origins of the Quran to be a traditional description the same as how Traditional Judaism, and Christianity considers how the origin of their scripture, which as academic scholars now conclude the authorship and dates of origin of the OT and NT are not what Traditional believers believe. For example: Genesis and Exodus were not mostly written by Moses, but represent an edited compilation including older non-Hebrew sources after ~600 BCE.
This view is not new with Tom Holland, and only controversial with fundamentalist Islamic believers in the same manner the contemporary scholarly view of the origins of the OT and NT is controversial among fundamentalist Christians,
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