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Suleiman A. Mourad
Islamic-history scholar who proposed a comparative route for Mary and palm narratives.
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Suleiman A. Mourad researches Islamic history at Smith College. In a 2002 study he proposed a possible route from LetoLetoGreek goddess and Apollo’s mother in the Iliad, appearing among the gods supporting the Trojans.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and ApolloApolloGod of music and prophecy in Greek traditions, also participating in the Iliad’s events.Glossary · Click to read the explanation traditions through Christian reworking to Mary-and-palm narratives. He did not identify a precise intermediate source, so the proposal is a historical hypothesis, not a documented transmission chain. [1]
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- Only the specified source portion was read, not the entire work. Institutional biography read; the 2002 Oriens Christianus paper pp. 206–216 was read in full for the parent study and its limits checked separately. Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Suleiman A. Mourad», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/suleiman-a-mourad