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The Church Fathers · c. 634–640

The Teaching of Jacob

Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati

Anonymous

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What it is

A dialogue among Jews forcibly baptised at Carthage, arguing about the messiah, and reporting in passing a prophet arisen among the Saracens.

Why it lasted

Contains what may be the earliest non-Muslim reference to Muhammad, written within a few years of his death.

Where to read it

Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.

These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.

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