Excerpt from The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud: Or, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans, Compiled From Arabic Sources, and Compared With Jewish Traditions This idea is suggested by the learned German compiler, and is corroborated by the fact that the legends were unknown to the Arabs before Mohamed began to preach, while in the Koran he refers to them as already familiar to his hearers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.