A Christian academic survey of the doctrine of the Trinity and an alternative view from a Muslim academic
Jesus
Jesus said ‘Allah’, not ‘Deus.’
Jesus’ native language was Aramaic. The Aramaic translation of the gospels present Jesus praying to and praising the God Whom he worshiped, naming him AaLah or AaLoh (the ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ vocalisations). Jesus surrendered to his Lord, and his words… Read More ›
Jesus in the Talmud – an exciting new work
I have been studying the Talmud recently and I have just had this book delivered on Jesus in the Talmud. I learn that older scholarship had discounted references to Talmudic stories of Jesus as unreliable distortions but this new work… Read More ›
The Christian Church today celebrates Trinity Sunday. Here are some reflections on the incoherence of Trinitarianism.
In the Bible, Jesus sometimes appears explicitly to deny that he is divine. Texts include, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone (Mark 10:18), and “The son can do nothing of his own accord,… Read More ›
Did the first Christians worship Jesus?
Did the first Christians worship Jesus? A leading Christian New Testament scholar gives his careful assessment of the evidence.
A missionary struggles when asked why Jesus commanded to kill innocents
Missionaries are such high energy ball when selling Jesus as the prince of peace and God of love. They tells us that Jesus is the most pacifist being who has or ever could exist. But then look on their reaction… Read More ›
“Not one of his bones will be broken”: How the Gospel of John Misappropriated the Passover Sacrifice
“Not one of his bones will be broken”: How the Gospel of John Misappropriated the Passover Sacrifice Originally posted on the Quran and Bible Blog بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم “These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not… Read More ›
1 Enoch and the “Sons of God”
1 Enoch and the “Sons of God”: Additional Evidence for Angel-Human Copulation in the Bible Originally posted on the Quran and Bible Blog بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم “And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that… Read More ›
The Book of Revelation
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم The Book of Revelation: A Critical Examination Originally published on the Quran and Bible Blog: May 31, 2015 Updated: September 11, 2019 “This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of… Read More ›
