A Non-Jewish Prophet Like Balaam Or Muhammad – OpEd

“Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses,” says a verse in the Torah’s final book of Deuteronomy (34:10). “But one has arisen among the (non-Jewish) nations!” states the rabbinic Midrash titled Sifrei Deuteronomy (357). 

This pagan prophet receives some respect, as well as lots of contempt, in...