from toty ----
The earliest Arabic version of the Old Testament is that of R. Saadias Gaon of 900 CE - more than 250 years after the death of Muhammad.
so true----Rabbi Saadya Gaon was LITERATE in Arabic long before the overwhelming majority of muslims were. Of course, muhummad was,
according to the muslim version of history----somehow COMPLETELY
illiterate even in his own language. There is little doubt that even in the
life-time of muhummad, there were jews literate in Arabic-----generally
written in Hebrew characters. Such writings exist today and there are
still people literate in HEBRAIZED ARABIC (not me---but some relatives
thru marriage) Long ago some jerky surgeon from Pakistan tried to convince
me that MAIMONIDES---(Rabbi moshe ben maimon) was really a convert
to islam -------the proof? ----he wrote some of his stuff in Hebraized Arabic since
he lived in Moorish spain. There was probably more writing being done,
over the 1000 years of the first millennium AD-----in Hebraized Arabic----than
there was in-----Arabic (Arabic became a written language circa 300 AD----
but the majority of muslims remain illiterate----jews who do Hebraized Arabic ---
in the past---ALSO did Arabic Arabic----some still do.)
The earliest Arabic version of the Old Testament is that of R. Saadias Gaon of 900 CE - more than 250 years after the death of Muhammad.
so true----Rabbi Saadya Gaon was LITERATE in Arabic long before the overwhelming majority of muslims were. Of course, muhummad was,
according to the muslim version of history----somehow COMPLETELY
illiterate even in his own language. There is little doubt that even in the
life-time of muhummad, there were jews literate in Arabic-----generally
written in Hebrew characters. Such writings exist today and there are
still people literate in HEBRAIZED ARABIC (not me---but some relatives
thru marriage) Long ago some jerky surgeon from Pakistan tried to convince
me that MAIMONIDES---(Rabbi moshe ben maimon) was really a convert
to islam -------the proof? ----he wrote some of his stuff in Hebraized Arabic since
he lived in Moorish spain. There was probably more writing being done,
over the 1000 years of the first millennium AD-----in Hebraized Arabic----than
there was in-----Arabic (Arabic became a written language circa 300 AD----
but the majority of muslims remain illiterate----jews who do Hebraized Arabic ---
in the past---ALSO did Arabic Arabic----some still do.)