Rurouni_Phoenix
@rurouniphoenix.bsky.social
Independent Researcher. Founder and chief moderator of r/AcademicQuran. I study the Bible and the Quran in their cultural contexts from an academic perspective.
Post exploring the Hellenistic roots of the island concept. From AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Many Young Earth Creationists like to argue the Earth is 6000 years old. However, the Jewish Roman historian Josephus writing 2000 years ago expressed the view in the prologue to his Antiquities of the Jews that the Hebrew Bible contained 5,000 years of History.
Although this post is on AcademicQuran, it is advertising AcademicBuddhism a new subreddit which studies Buddhism from an historical critical perspective. Of course you should go check it out:
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Robert Hoyland expresses doubt on the historical reliability of the Hadith and the science of Hadith. From AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Historian Robert G. Hoyland casts doubt on the strict historical reliability of the Hadith & Hadith science.
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There are some Christians who seem to get excited when natural disasters like the European wildfires happen because they think it means Jesus is coming soon. What it actually means is that you're doing an awful job of caring for your fellow man by accelerating global warming.
As far as anime is concerned, Digimon was leaps and bounds above the original Pokemon anime. Done rightly, Digimon had actual character development, compelling narratives and better characters. It was and is one of my favorite anime properties.
Post asking for the meeting and origin of the Hadith of Jesus and the thief on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: What's the source and meaning of this Hadith?
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At least one Islamic tradition identifies Alexander the Great as a descendant of David and Solomon. From AcademicQuran, the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: According to one Islamic tradition, Alexander the Great is a descendant of David through Solomon
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Greco-Roman jurists believed clarity was important for understanding legal documents. The church fathers argued the Bible was clearly written. Perhaps these ideas may have influenced the idea of Quranic clarity? (The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators, pp. 121-122)
Post asking how widespread the religion of the mushrikun was in 6th Century Arabia (impossible to know, or to identify the mushrikun) from AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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In his Homily on Samson, Jacob of Serugh views Samson killing the lion to typify Christ's conquering of death. Along with being probably one of the most awesome allegorical readings of all time, it also reflects broader Syriac tradition which likens death to a lion or animal:
This post notes the seven levels of hell and the underworld in Islamic and Jewish tradition as well as Mesopotamian mythology. AcademicQuran is the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: 7 gates of Jahannam, 7 levels of Gehenna, and the 7 gates in Inanna/Istar's descent
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What are some of the earliest references to the Quran outside of the Quran? A post from AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Do you want to tone down the rhetoric of our present day politics? Then stop listening to people like Hasan Piker, Destiny, Matt Walsh, Tim Poole, or any of the other far left or far right streamers online. They are pushing people to more extreme views and need to be ignored.
Anti-semitism and criticism of the Israeli government are not one in the same thing in all instances. Are Jewish people who oppose the mistreatment of Palestinian civilians anti-semitic? No. Streamers who attack Israel and promote anti-Jewish conspiracy theories might be though.
I want Nintendo to make a remake of the original Wario Land with enhanced graphics and a remastered soundtrack performed with a synthesizer that sounds like Wario grunting to the rhythm of the OST. Can't be any worse artistically than the coming remake of Ocarina of Time.
American Christianity is too deeply invested in politics. Denomination doesn't even matter that much, it seems like there are a lot of churches that are more than willing to tell you who you need to vote for and that feels manipulative to me. It should be between you and God.
Was the idea of Satan being bound during Ramadan inspired by Jewish traditions of Satan restrained on Yom Kippur? Post from AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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What influence did Persian/Zoroastrian ideas have on Islamic theology? Post from AcademicQuran, the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran early Islam and Islamic History:
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If you claim to be a Christian and love Jesus, you should treat the environment with respect because you're not showing much love when you pollute the water and soil and make people sick. Being a Christian is more than just doing good to others, it's doing good to nature.
Somebody asking which Hadith and Sirah literature might possibly preserve authentic memories of events in Muhammad's life on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Advertisement for Johanne Louise Christiansen's new book on oppression and power relations in the Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: New Qur'anic Studies book "Oppression and Other Power Relations in the Qurʾān" by Johanne Louise Christiansen
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Peter confessing his sinfulness to Jesus after he gets a big catch of fish in Luke 5 calls to mind Isaiah's declaration of unworthiness in Isaiah 6 when he saw God in his majesty in the temple prior to his commissioning as a prophet. Luke is likely trying for a similar effect:
Post asking if Hinduism and Buddhism could have influenced Sufism (not likely) on AcademicQuran, the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Luke is really weird about the calling of the disciples in his gospel. He puts the healing of Simon's mother-in-law before the calling of the disciples on the seashore in 4:38-39 unlike in Mark 1 which puts the calling before the healing. Why do you think you did this?
Someday I should read Craig Keener's Commentary on Acts. But it's almost like War and Peace, so yeah maybe not?
Got a couple posts dropping next week about some observations I've made in my reading of the Gospel of Luke.
Link to new article about the Companions of the Cave on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: New Qur'anic Studies Article "Creating Time through Memory and Vision The Companions of the Cave in the Qurʾān and Their Pictorial Afterlife"-Hannelies Koloska (Open Access)
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I wonder where the idea referenced in Ephrem the Syrian's Commentary on the Diatessaron of Jesus flying off the cliff and landing safely nearby in Luke 4:28-30 came from?