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Rurouni_Phoenix

@rurouniphoenix.bsky.social
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Independent Researcher. Founder and chief moderator of r/AcademicQuran. I study the Bible and the Quran in their cultural contexts from an academic perspective.

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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 7h
Post About the earliness of the first revelation narrative and possible influences upon it on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 7h
The Jewish Annotated New Testament (p. 140, Second Edition) speculates that Jesus's statement in Luke 11:49 could be a modified version of Jeremiah 7:25-26
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Post highlighting two examples of Jewish traditions identifying Pharaoh claiming to be a God (They’re late, but there are earlier examples) on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/23EYmDCDni
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Almost a week since Digimon Beatbreak ended. It was so nice to have a Digimon series with an ending that didn't suck and had character development.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some notes from the NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible on the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37 (p. 1784):
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Post by @chonkshonk.bsky.social showcasing a video he made about pre-Islamic Arabia on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/TY4lcRv8Xg
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Post I made asking about the reliability of Wahiduddin Khan’s Translation of the Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That time I made a drawing of an extraterrestrial fundy Christian:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Post advertising iShamela, An app containing a digital library of Islamic texts on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/TOrIwXLHLW
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You there, edgy apologetics loving teenager! Stop smoking weed and get a job, I mean stop reading Christian and Muslim apologetic slop and read real academic literature. Apologetics gets you nowhere.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 29/09/2026
The performance of not needing to bother with knowing things about the world or how to operate in it as a pretension of fronting to higher levels of social value in the post-information age continues apace.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Post asking about the historical development of conflicting views regarding cats and dogs in the Quran and Hadith on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/rK8aMPtcx7
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You may hate me, but I will never have TV ads begging you to love me
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People ask me if I'm a goth. my answer? Why yes, I am. I just sacked Rome the other day and sold my kids into slavery to buy dog meat."
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Post asking if any classical Islamic scholar understood the splitting of the moon to be an eclipse or a future event on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you want me to lose respect for you instantly, tell me that you think most of the Old Testament was influenced by Hellenism instead of Ancient Near Eastern beliefs.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Post asking for recommendations for annotated translations of the Koran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/V9X9FZBZ0D
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Abdullah Ansar‘s answer to a question about contradictions in the Quran in his recent AMA on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/comments/1wjrpqa/comment/pb6gcdc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We need more study on the influence of Syriac sources on Al-Tabari's History because I'm seeing several, like the council of devils discussing the birth of Jesus and the thing I posted yesterday.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A story regarding a Christian bishop uprooting an idolatrous tree by prayer in a late antique Syriac novel is also found in At-Tabari's History: (Arneson et. al., The History of the Great Deeds of Bishop Paul of Qentos and Priest John of Edessa, pp. 8-9, 55-56)
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Abdullah Ansar‘s answer to a question about the intersection between cognitive science and Quranic studies in his recent AMA on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/comments/1wjrpqa/comment/pavg021/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Digimon Beatbreak is wrapping up this weekend and there might just be an epic Twitter rant in the future. What will I say? What will my final thoughts be? I don't even know, but it's probably coming.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Abdullah Ansar ‘s answer to a question regarding single string hadith and the ICMA method in his recent AMA on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/comments/1wjrpqa/comment/palhlc4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Post asking if a particular verse in the Quran refers to the expansion of the universe (Spoiler: no) on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/3EJai5e9bD
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reject Oppression Olympics mentality. Arguing that you suffered more than somebody else and trying to treat that as something to be proud of is absolutely morbid and needs to stop.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I hope for a day when both Israelis and Palestinians can live together in peace, without the threat of genocidal dictators or extremist agitators slaughtering innocent people for the sake of land or ideology.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Abdullah Ansar‘s answer to my question about stylometry and Quranic authorship in his recent AMA on AcademicQuran ‘s the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/3EJai5e9bD
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Post listing a variety of books on the topic of Islamic law and jurisprudence on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/uwvhoWT3Yt
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Modernity wants you to hate Jews and Muslims. Screw modernity. Hate Jewish extremism and Muslim extremism, not Jews and Muslims.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Post asking if oral transmission is unreliable when it comes to hadith studies on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/nVNSnqgkWm
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Post highlighting a possible parallel between the Quran’s depiction of Pharaoh and midrashic tradition on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/UHasm5n1GS
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A-Atlas-san! You tease us with FeMC in P5X but you still won't give us FeMC in P3R?!!! ASDFGHJKL
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
post asking who is the Dan McClellan of academic Islamic Studies (debatable) on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In Second Temple Judaism, a son burying his father was considered to be a great moral obligation. However, this great moral obligation is turned into an excuse by an individual who seems to want to put off Jesus in Luke 9:59 (NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, p. 1782)
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Post I made asking when Sufism began on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The description of a cloud overshadowing Jesus and his disciples and their entry into it on the Mount of Transfiguration seems to reflect the theophany on Mount Sinai in Exodus 24:15-16 (NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, p. 1781)
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Post questioning the claim Muhammad's doubts of his prophetic call qualify as a criterion of embarrassment on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islam history:
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From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Some argue that the Hadiths about Mohammed fearing he was insane or demon possesed are true on account that they're too embarrasing (as a result, these must've been real experiences). However, can't we apply this same logic to the Satanic verses? Yet, many scholars in the modern day deny this event
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mamdani can't be all that bad if Digimon is his favorite anime:
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From the digimon community on Reddit: new york’s mamdani’s favorite anime is digimon
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Post critiquing @gabrielsaidr.bsky.social 's interpretation of Adam and Eve's garments as being feathers on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're a little more than 2 months away from the midterm elections in the US and if you're not registered to vote yet, GET REGISTERED NOW. Every year is critical but this one is so much moreso with everything as messed up as it is.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Post asking about academic translations of the Quran with commentary on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The people who want unregulated AI are those who put profit over the safety of human lives. AI must be controlled now before it becomes dangerous in the future. If alcohol and firearms can be regulated, so should artificial intelligence because it is dangerous left uncontrolled.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Post asking if Hanafi jurists used non-canonical readings of the Quran in rendering legal opinions on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Post asking about Ibn Kathir's interpretation of Q 2:98 as referring to Jews who thought Gabriel was their enemy. From AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Jews hate Gabriel?
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Need some recommendations/links for recent academic papers. Haven't read enough of those lately
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wish Marvel would make official complete English translations of the 70s Spider-Man manga.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Post complaining about the hyper skeptical nature of Hadith studies on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@Rashiq__Shahzad notes a parallel between a Hadith and a Pahlavi text on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
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From the AcademicQuran community on Reddit: Parallel between Sahih Muslim 183 b & Kirdīr, Naqš-e Rostam inscription (KNRm), §§63-64
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Christian and Muslim apologetics is pure intellectual brainrot. Save yourself the brain cells and read some actual academic literature.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Christian apologists claim that the Quran isn't divinely inspired because it has stuff in it that appeared in apocryphal texts. Well, the New Testament has stuff in it that's from apocryphal texts. By that logic, I guess that means the New Testament must be false.
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