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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 38 )Muhammad (pbuh)in the New Testament1. The Etymology and Signification of “EUDOKIA”ow let us proceed to give the true meaning of “Eudokia.”The adjectival prefix “eu” signifies “good, well, more, andmost,” as in “eudokimeo” —“to be esteemed, approved, loved,” and “to acquire glory”; “eudokimos”— “very esteemed, most renowned and glorious”; “eudoxos” —“most celebrated and glorious”; “eudoxia”— “celebrity, renown.” The Greek substantive “doxa,” used in the compound nouns “orthodox,” “doxology,” and so on, is derived from the verb “dokeo.” Every student of English literature knowns that “doxa” signifies “glory, honour, renowned.” There are numerous phrases in the classical Greek authors where “doxa” is used to signify “glory”: “Peri doxis makheshai” — “to fight for glory.” The famous Athenian orator Demosthenes “preferred glory to a tranquil life,” “glory equal to that of the Gods.” I am cognizant of the fact that “doxa” is, although seldom, used to signify (a) opinion, belief; (b) dogma, principle, doctrine; and (c) anticipation or hope. All the same, its general and comprehensive sense is “glory.” In fact, the first portion of the Canticle begins with “Doxa [Glory] be to Allah in the highest.”In the Dictionnaire Grec-Français (published in 1846 in Paris by R. C. Alexandre) the word “eudokia” is rendered “bienveillence, tenN