So... the manuscript's dating error bars can go to prior the man's alleged birth? Before the angel's visit?
Manuscript: 568 - 645 CE <~> 606 +/- 39 CE.
Mohammad: 570 - 632 CE, visited by the angel at the age of 40, so 610 CE, and starting to preach it 3 years later, 613 CE.
It could also be from after his death... or from during his adult lifetime.
This speculation is meaningless. Anything is possible within that error bar!
But it's fun to hear muslims discussing of the possibility that the text was in circulation before the "revelation"...
Manuscript: 568 - 645 CE <~> 606 +/- 39 CE.
Mohammad: 570 - 632 CE, visited by the angel at the age of 40, so 610 CE, and starting to preach it 3 years later, 613 CE.
It could also be from after his death... or from during his adult lifetime.
This speculation is meaningless. Anything is possible within that error bar!
But it's fun to hear muslims discussing of the possibility that the text was in circulation before the "revelation"...
