En torno a Mahoma como Mesías : una nueva mirada a las raíces cristianas del Islam
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Suele pensarse que el Corán despliega
una doble y contradictoria actitud —a la
vez favorable y desfavorable— hacia el cristianismo.
Pero el Corán no contiene únicamente
dos tipos de textos de esta índole,
sino cuatro. Ahora bien, ¿cómo estudiar
tales fórmulas? ¿Buscó Mahoma el respaldo
de ciertos grupos cristianos distanciándose
luego de éstos al rechazar ellos sus
enseñanzas? El presente artículo plantea
una hipótesis diferente, según la cual tales
fórmulas dan testimonio del surgimiento
gradual del islam entre 610 y 710. Y explora
asimismo el modo en que Jesús fue
parcialmente sustituido entonces por Mahoma
en calidad de nuevo mesías, analizando
a tal fin diversos textos que sugieren
que este último, al igual quizá que ya antes
el profeta anónimo del Corán, fue identificado
—como también Jesús— con el Hijo
del Hombre de la tradición apocalíptica.
It is often thought that the Qur´ān adopts a double and contradictory stance —at once for and against— Christianity. However, the Qur´ān does not only hold two types of texts of this nature, but rather four. How ought one to study such formulae? Did Muḥammad seek the support of certain Christian groups, and later distance himself from them when they rejected his teachings? The present article develops a different hypothesis, namely that the formulae evince the gradual emergence of Islam between 610 and 710. It also explores the way in which Jesus was partially displaced by Muḥammad as the new Messiah, and examines various texts suggesting that Muḥammad, like the anonymous prophet of the Qur´ān , and formerly Jesus, was identified with the Son of Man of the Apocalyptic tradition.
It is often thought that the Qur´ān adopts a double and contradictory stance —at once for and against— Christianity. However, the Qur´ān does not only hold two types of texts of this nature, but rather four. How ought one to study such formulae? Did Muḥammad seek the support of certain Christian groups, and later distance himself from them when they rejected his teachings? The present article develops a different hypothesis, namely that the formulae evince the gradual emergence of Islam between 610 and 710. It also explores the way in which Jesus was partially displaced by Muḥammad as the new Messiah, and examines various texts suggesting that Muḥammad, like the anonymous prophet of the Qur´ān , and formerly Jesus, was identified with the Son of Man of the Apocalyptic tradition.







