Polemicists granted Muhammad more miracles than the Hadith did

Evidence

Peter may have had no clear picture of the relations of Muhammad to the Quraysh in Mecca; but he certainly knew that Moses, and still more Christ and the Apostles, had encountered unbelief. It seemed important to him, as to so many, that Muhammad had himself denied that he had this power; this was treated as though it were a confession on Muhammad’s part that he was not what he pretended. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 425 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Koran explains Muhammad’s lack of miracles by prior peoples’ unbelief; Christian polemicists privileged Muhammad’s self-denial of miracles as their key evidence — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 425; Polemicists attacked unsupported miracle claims to deny Muhammad prophethood — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1201 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian polemicists privileged Muhammad’s self-denial of miracles as their key evidence #complicates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 425
• Christian polemicists measured Muhammad against Hebrew prophecy criteria he was not claiming to meet #complicates (0.80)
• Heresiarchs required miracles, so polemicists cast Muhammad as trickster #complicates (0.80)
• Medieval Christians and the Quraysh shared skepticism about Muhammad’s miracles #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 422
• Polemicists attacked unsupported miracle claims to deny Muhammad prophethood #complicates (0.75) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1201
• Muhammad’s miracle was the Koran itself because earlier prophets’ miracles were rejected #complicates (0.75) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 218
• Christian polemicists attacked Muhammad’s ordinary humanity as disqualifying him as prophet #complicates (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1326
• Medieval Christian polemicists judged Muhammad by Christian criteria for prophecy #complicates (0.75)
• Christian polemicists seized on Muhammad’s wounds as proof he lacked divine protection #complicates (0.75)
• Christian polemicists used Muslim sources to prove Muhammad was a soothsayer #complicates (0.70) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 180
• Medieval Christians held Muhammad’s lack of miracles as decisive against his prophethood #complicates (0.70) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1524
• Medieval Christian polemicists deliberately cherry-picked Hadith for shock value rather than understanding #complicates (0.70) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1199