Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > > >> The Arabs produced and begat the Jews, as the Jews > >> produced and begat the Christians. I don't see any > >> parentage analogy, however. > > > > I thought that BOTH the Christian and Muslim religions > > grew out of and broke off from the Jewish religion. > > > Yes, but notice that Arabs != Muslims.
Yes, I did know that, but the previous post seemed to be talking about the religions only. > > Arabs might have existed for a much longer time > than Hebrews, if we use a loose definition of what > is an arab. But AFAIK the _name_ arab is roman; This reminds me of the story of how military specs live forever. > there was even an arab Roman Emperor (Philip the Arab, > successor of Gordian III, succeeded by Decius the Thracian) > Thanks for the extra details. Was he an emperor in Rome or in Byzantium? Just curious. -- Matt
