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September 2010
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The Qur’an and the Bible

Samuel Green / January 2002

A Westerner reading the Qur'an may find many familiar names and events. Most of the prophets from the Bible are mentioned. There is clearly a strong relationship between the two books.

By the sixth century, Jews, Christians, the Bible and its related literature were well-established in the Middle East. Yemen had in recent years been a Jewish kingdom and Medina was home to several Jewish tribes. Christian tribes also lived in the region. Muhammad had diplomatic relations with Abyssinia (Ethiopia), a Christian country, and as a trader had

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