THEO 3715 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gnosticism, Monotheism, Fordham University School Of Law
10 Sep 2015
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150 words of something we learned due within a week www. suficomics. com. Muhammad (570-632ce): muslim profit who received islam from god. Trade with sassanian empire in east (xerxes empire) Mecca became a neutral ground between byzantine and sassanian (who have been fighting) bc it isn"t worth fighting over a dessert. Mecca is a community for idol worshipers, jews, gnostics, hanif (monotheist) Hanif: a monotheist not affiliated with one of the formal religions. Muhammad got his revelation when age 40 (40 magic number 40 days and nights of rain 40 years in the dessert 40 days in the dessert) Harry potter, luke skywalker, etc. etc almost all heroes have these characteristics. Farewell pilgrimage (632 ce): muhammad went to mecca and died shortly after. All prophets are nabi, but not all are rasul. Rasul: messenger (receives revelation in terms of a text) Moses was nabi and rasul (he got the torah first five books, which is revelation)
