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Precursor (religion)

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In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbingerorherald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a central figure of the religion or who identified a central figure of the religion during the latter's childhood.^[1]

List of precursors[edit]

Asita in Buddhism^[2]
John the Baptist in Christianity^[3]
Bahira or Sergius in Islam^[4]
Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)^[5]
Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)^[5]
Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)^[6]

References[edit]

^ Momen, Moojan (2009) [Originally published as The Phenomenon of Religion in 1999]. Understanding Religion: A Thematic Approach. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. pp. 304–5. ISBN 978-1-85168-599-8. OL 25434252M.

^ Kohn, Sherab Chodzin (2009). A Life of the Buddha. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0834822512. pp. 5-6.

^ Meier, John (1994). Mentor, Message, and Miracles (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol. 2). Vol. 2. Anchor Bible. ISBN 0-385-46992-6.

^ Abel, A. "Baḥīrā". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. Brill Online, 2007

^ ^a ^b Smith, Peter (2000). "Shaykhism". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 312. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.

^ Smith, Peter (2000). "The Bahai View of the Bab". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 58-59. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.

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