The enemies-of-God concept spans classical antiquity and all three Abrahamic scriptures
Evidence
The concept of the enemies of God is familiar in preclassical and classical antiquity, in both the Old and New Testaments as well as in the Qur’an, and occupies a central position in the ideology of the modern radical Islam. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1524
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the enemies-of-God concept as central to radical Islam but rooted in shared ancient and scriptural traditions, useful for qualifying simplistic readings of it as uniquely Islamic.
- XREF: Directly qualifies Said-adjacent assumptions that such rhetoric is an Islamic particularity, anchoring it in shared monotheistic and classical genealogy. — connects to: Three theological traditions each transformed the concept of the enemy. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 195; All three Abrahamic scriptures contain violent passages alongside shared love — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 693; Shared religious premises make inter-Abrahamic conflicts more virulent than cross-civilizational ones — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1036 (+2 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Three theological traditions each transformed the concept of the enemy. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 195; All three Abrahamic scriptures contain violent passages alongside shared love — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 693; Shared religious premises make inter-Abrahamic conflicts more virulent than cross-civilizational ones — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1036 (+2 more)