Limo
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Look, forget about the scholarYour third "argument" is just the conclusion of your second argument.
What does Aaron being around the Jews who made the calf have to do with Jews believing Ezra to be the son of a god?
The Talmud was already sealed before Muhammad's time. The main centers of Judaism were not in Hijazz, so who is going to add this to the Talmud without anyone realizing it?
The Talmudic story makes clear that there is no one else besides G-d. If you understood the argument that your scholar was making, you would understand that the Talmudic story directly disputes the possibility of Jews mistaking Ezra for a son of a god.
In fact, taking another look at your scholars argument, he isn't saying that the Jews of Hijazz believed Ezra to be a son of a god. He's saying that the Jews of Hijazz conflated Ezra with Enoch who was known to have become an angel. One of the types of categories of angels are called Bene Elohim. So what he's actually saying is that the Jews of Hijazz believed that Ezra was an angel, not an actual son of a god. He's reinterpreting what the Qur'an says.
Why you exclude the possibility of some Jews at a certain time to call someone (Uzair) as Son of God
They have vanished, exist no more.
They didn't leave a trace or footprint.
There is no much information and historical trace for Jews were living in Arabia. Right ?
I've read a few references that are saying we don't have much information about Jews lived in Arabia at time of Prophet Muhammad.