Hello Peter,
I do not affirm in any way that Mohamed usurped Pegasus for his horse Buraq, it simply makes sense. He was certainly educated by the Rabbi of Mecca who saw in him sufficient potential for uniting the desert nomads if he had some ‘religion’ for doing so. Obviously none of the recent Jewish religion, only that what came from the Old Testament in the times of up to and including Abraham and his son Ismaël. I have no doubt about him having sufficient basic knowledge of basic Greek, Roman and Jewish history and myths.
Obviously there are divergences between Christians and Jews about this, and even if we battle them out it would be to no avail, so I simply say this as I know it even if it may well be basic, and definitely not with any polemic intention. The ‘religious’ education Mohamed received was construed by the Rabbi for the sole purpose of increasing the number of Jewish allies and thereby hoping to make an end to Christianity.
It would be fun, if I may dare use that word, and if you agree Peter that with no undue or silly personal picking to continue on these lines, but then I do agree that this is not exactly the intended (headline) of this forum of yours.
Friendly yours, Robert.
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