160 - Richard Rohlin - A Universal History
The Symbolic World
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Is There a Legend of Alexander in the Quran?
Alexander is in the Quran because there was a tradition, which was there within the Christian world that Alexander had recognized the unity of God. And so there is this sense in Justin Martyr and in some of the early fathers that this seed was there for what Christianity would be. So these legends of Alexander are talking about that in narrative form.
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