Muhammad, the Qur'an and Islam
[239] Although the Qur'an and Islamic traditions do not illuminate
Muhammad's reasons for partially rejecting the Jewish dietary laws, one
would very strongly suspect that it had to do with the fact that camel meat,
which was one of the staples of the Quraysh (cf. e.g. Tabari, History, vol. 7,
p. 31), is forbidden as unclean in the Torah (Lev. 11:4). See also p. 252,
n. 64.
[240] See nn. 207-208, above; cf. Speyer, Erzählungen, pp. 318 f.
[241] Rudolph, Koran, p. 233, n. 1.
[242] Even though Qur'an 40:57 still mentions only two prayer times.
[243] See n. 97, above.
[244] See n. 96, above.
[245] See p. 135, n. 298, above. In Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, pp. 344 f, (and
related traditions) an argument between a Muslim and a Jew is said to have
occurred, in which Muhammad was claimed to have been greater than
Moses. When Muhammad was informed of this, he is reported to have said
that he was not to be considered as being greater than Moses.
[246] Joseph - n. 126, Haman - n. 135, Korah - n. 136.
[247] `Ashura - n. 28, cattle - n. 127, scepter - n. 192, forgiveness - n. 207,
Sabbath - n. 214, swine - n. 235.
[248] Idol - n. 62, cup - n. 128, watchtower - n. 132, hypocrite - n. 163,
al-A`raf - n. 214.
[249] "hanif" (which seems to have predated Islam) - n. 83, cattle (which
could have come from Aramaic) - n. 127.
[250] See p. 53.
[251] See the commentary on the Joseph narrative (Qur'an 12) for
anomalies which cannot be attributed to Jewish or Christian sources.
[252] Andrae, Ursprung, pp. 185 f.