Re: Good/Beneficient (was: More Nyenya'a)

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:55:47 +0300 Markus Miekk-oja / Torpet
<torpet@...> writes:
> Someone claimed that the Jews were trying to convert the arabs to
> judaism
> when Muhammed began his carrieer.
> The text continued "but since the local jews didn't considered
> Muhammed to
> be of any political importance, they didn't focus on trying to
> converting
> him".
> (this sounds a bit wierd though - judaism isn't exactly known for
> trying to
> spread the faith. Are there judaistic sects that try to convert
> non-judaists? I assume no one is counting islam and christianity as
> judaistic sects.)
-

Naaa... not since the Hellenistic Age.  I know that there were Jewish
Arabian tribes during the time of Muhammad, and some of them, or some
individuals, may have been into proselytizing, but Judaism stopped
supporting that after we pissed off the Roman Empire too many times.


-Stephen (Steg)
"moo..."