Christian/Muslim ThreadsWho is Barnabas and What is the Gospel of Barnabas? :: Re: The Gospel Of Barnabas: Reply to commentatorsRe: The Gospel Of Barnabas: Reply to commentators Are you saying your and Abdurrahman's ignorance serves a practical purpose. If so, I can only assume purpose is keeping fellow Muslims in ignorance. However, good to know some Muslims do not believe ignorance an acceptable condition for Muslims. Please read following exchange taken from a newsgroup. (PhD) Jeremiah McAuliffe--"Gospel of Barnabas? I am embarrassed for us (Muslims) everytime I see it being sold or mentioned...." [my emphasis added] Mohammad Noorul Islam--"Thank Ahmed Deedat for that." And another exchange between Muslims concerning Dr. Blackhirst's following verdict on so-called GB... "it is clearly a work of the Middle Ages. It purports to be the 'True Gospel' of Jesus and is very obviously adapted to Muslim purposes..." A Muslim response to the above--"There is a difference between verdict and opinion. Blackhirst opinion cannot become verdict unless a solid evidence is shown." Then this Muslim's response to him-- "He is one of very few scholars today who does any work on this book. But let me ask again. Do you know of ANY scholar (I mean _scholar_, not Muslim propagandist) who holds the Gospel of Barnabas to be authentic and who has published this conviction in an academic journal or a book in an academic publishing house? I do not know of even one. You are setting yourself not only against the majority of scholarship to side with a vocal minority (as there often is in controversial issues), but against the unanimous opinion of scholarship since in this case there is not even a scholarly minority on the issue. Only popular and populistic Islamic writers hold this opinion. If you disagree, then please give me some references to show otherwise. I don't pretend I have heard of all or read everything on the topic, but I have never heard of any scholar (i.e. with academic credentials) who has defended the authenticity of this book and done so in an academic setting. But I am most willing to be informed otherwise." Ditto. joseph |
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