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Title: Muhammed, Muadh: the Title

This page is restricted to the Aramaic Messianic religion, although Christian and Islamic religions may have similarities with it.

Background: The Aramaic Messianic religion is today mostly known through the New Testament's three gospels of Mark, Matthew, and John. (source?) They were written in Aramaic, in or near the first century AD (source?). The same language was used by Jesus of the gospels.

Although Jesus is the main figure, the Aramaic Messianic religion may be considered not to be a proper Christian religion by all Christians, as the crucifying of Jesus is not described in any of the three relevant gospels. Many related religions still exist.

In the inscript assumed to be from the 7th century AD, i.e. before the current Koran, "Muhammed" is a title used to refer to Jesus. The meaning of the title "Muhammad" is "O praised one".

The root of the word is the Syro-Aramaic "MTH" meaning "extend, spread" (in German).

Another holder of a title derived from the same "MTH" is Mu'âdh ibn Jabal ( or: Moath bin Jabal). He was one of those who compiled one of the original Koran. His given name could be "Qasim". (Search for Qasim here)

The meaning of Moath is "The saved one" (source 1). His "given" name may be "Qutham" (source 2). Jabal is a biblical name. Genesis (4:20): Genesis (4:20)And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Se also

[The Syro-Aramaic reading of the Koran|The Syro-Aramaic reading of the Koran]

Sources: 1. The Obscure Beginnings - New Researches on the Rise and the Early History of Islam], ed. by Karl-Heinz Ohlig / Gerd-Rüdiger Puin, Verlag Hans Schiller, Berlin 2005, p. 124+.

2. Ibn Warraq, "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad", Prometheus Books, 2000, p. 172+.