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Comparisons
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Jesus
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Moses
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Mohammed
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COMPARE THEIR LIVES
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Born of a virgin
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Yes
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No
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No
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Life threatened by ruler as a child
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Forced Emigration
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To Egypt (by Herod)
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To Egypt (by God)
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To Medinah
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Encounter with enemies
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Hot pursuit (at birth)
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Hot Pursuit (at Red Sea)
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Hot pursuit (everywhere)
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Results of Encounter
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Victory through divine intervention
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Victory through divine intervention
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Victory through human means
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Literate
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Fully human
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Fully God
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Yes
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No
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No
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Family Life
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Married to Church, all baptized are children
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Married to one woman, many child
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Married to many women, many children
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Kingdom
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Heavenly and earthly
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Earthly
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Earthly
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At death
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Ascended into heaven
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Assumed
into heaven
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Moldering in grave
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COMPARE THEIR REVELATION
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Acceptance of Leadership
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Rejected then accepted
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Rejected then accepted
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Rejected then accepted
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Transfigured by God
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Received revelation directly from God
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Yes
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Yes
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No (angel Gabriel)
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Mistook angel for demon
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Never
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Never
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Yes
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Wife had to re-assure him of vision
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No
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No
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Yes
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Revelation written down
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By his followers after his death
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By himself and by followers after his death
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By his followers during life, but only collected after his death
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Revelation changed while he lived
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No
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No
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Yes
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Chastised by angel for getting revelation wrong
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No
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No
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Yes
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Revelation partially/totally destroyed
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No
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No
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Yes (Caliph Uthman burned six of seven dialects, farm animals
ate some)
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Nature of teachings
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Spiritual/Legal
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Spiritual/Legal
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Spiritual/Legal
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New Laws
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Yes (no divorce, love enemies, do not curse, Beatitudes, Last Supper)
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Yes (Ten Commandments)
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Yes (Just about everything)
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Revelation directed towards
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From a Jew to Jews
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From a Jew to Jews
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From an Arab to Arabs
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Revelation requires belivers to
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Go through physical ceremony of acceptance (baptism)
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Go through physical ceremony of acceptance (circumcision)
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Make a simple declaration of faith
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Miracles altering the physical world
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Many
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Many
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None
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Angels at death/gravesite
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Appeared to others after his death
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Yes (Resurrection)
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Yes (Transfiguration)
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No
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God spoke to others about this man during this man's life
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Yes (at baptism, transfiguration)
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Yes (to Aaron)
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No
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Saw God face to face
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Delivers Jews from slavery
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Yes (slavery of sin)
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Yes (slavery of Egypt)
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No
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Leads Jews to safe place
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Yes (heaven)
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Yes (Promised Land)
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No
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