Some Jewish apocalyptic writers welcomed the Arab conquests as messianic fulfillment

Evidence

The Secrets of Rabbi Simon Ben Yohay, a Jewish apocalypse of the mideighth century, presents the Arab invasions as a positive event in the eschatological drama; see Nehemia Levtzion, “Conversion to Islam in Syria and Palestine and the Survival of Christian Communities,” in Gervers and Bikhazi, eds. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1502

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the blanket ‘Islam always seen as enemy’ narrative in the vault’s Anidjar/Aziz-based Islam-West opposition claims — shows early Jewish (not Christian) eschatology read Arab conquest positively.
• QUESTION: Which modern tropes might descend from Christian apocalyptic tradition vs. alternative Jewish readings that never entered the mainstream polemical lineage?