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Not sure which two texts you have in mind, since the Koran has different genealogical relationships with the Old and New Testaments, but your own distinction between genealogy and history is certainly well-taken. It's the "nothing more than" here that gives me pause. Nothing LESS than a "deep genealogical [OR historical] relationship"? Candice > I'd say the convergence is nothing more than the deep genealogical > relationship between these two religious texts - interesting also to > compare them with the Juadaeic spiritual writings - > > A > > >> >> What chilled me about those two passages was their convergence with Bush's >> militant/military plans (or the rhetoric thereof), almost as if Islam had >> long since anticipated what would be in store for (some of) them, or--more >> chilling yet--almost as if Washington were drawing on the Koran for >> strategy. Note my "almost as if" before denouncing me as paranoid. I don't >> think this convergence is anything like this literal, but it's suggestive of >> such momentous historical dovetailing--at this moment at least--as would >> make anyone weep, I'd have thought. >> >> Candice