"Islam is a later offshoot of the Christian and Jewish traditions"

I was thinking that Islam came before Jesus.

It is certainly ridiculous. The jews were definately there during the Jesus era so how can the Arabs claim it?

Isreal's problem is that there are so many more Arabs than Jews. And the Arabs have the power of oil money.

I read The Source by Michener that explains a lot the background but I have forgotten almost all of it. I remember it was a hell of a book though, better that his later books.