apocrypha

Examinations of apocryphal writings, their historical background, doctrinal themes, and relevance in biblical debates.

The Muhammadan Fraud That Was Ahmed Deedat: Which Bible? Members Public

The late Ahmed Deedat is viewed by Muslims as one of the greatest debaters against Christianity and a supposed Muslim scholar of the Bible. One of his main objections against the authority and authenticity of the Holy Bible had to with varying canons found among Protestant and Roman Catholic editions

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Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? The Witness of the Dead Sea Scrolls Members Public

In this post (/2019/08/29/is-michael-the-ruler-of-israel-further-proof-that-jesus-isnt-an-archangel-pt-4/), I am going to appeal to the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) to provide further proof that Jesus cannot be the archangel Michael. Even though he is not dogmatic about

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Atonement and the Apocrypha: Some Questions Concerning the Deutero-Canonical Books Members Public

In this post, I will highlight some of the reasons why I have a difficulty accepting the Jewish apocrypha writings as sacred Scripture. My purpose is not to offend the Christians who do view these books as God-breathed revelations. Rather, my intention is to showcase some of the problems

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The Anatomy of Qur'an's Mistakes Members Public

The Anatomy of Qur'an’s Mistakes Masud Masihiyyen “Do they not know that We have made the Qur’an a book full of mistakes?” A comparative reading of the Biblical accounts with the ones of the Qur’an reveals that Mohammad distorted the genuine word of God for

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Joseph the Carpenter in Islam [Part 3 A] Members Public

Joseph the Carpenter in Islam [Part 3 A] Joseph’s Exclusion from Surah 3 and Relation to a Legend Masud Masihiyyen After analyzing Surah 19 in the second part of this project and seeing how Joseph the Carpenter was excluded from Jesus’ first birth and infancy narrative in that Meccan

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Cain and Abel in the Qur'an Members Public

Cain and Abel in the Qur'an Muhammad as the distorter of both the Torah and the Talmud Masud Masihiyyen People who organize a new religion and forge a scripture of their own for any deceptive purpose (distortion and falsification) inevitably run the risk of giving themselves away as

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Breaking the Codes of the Gospel of Barnabas Members Public

Breaking the Codes of the Gospel of Barnabas The Mystery of Pseudo-Barnabas’ List of the Apostles Masud Masihiyyen We have analyzed in two articles so far how Pseudo-Barnabas’ various mistakes stemmed from his dependence on the canonical Gospels (1, 2). This dependence sounds rather natural when it is

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REV. W ST. CLAIR TISDALL, M.A., D.D.: THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF THE QUR'AN - CHAPTER IV. THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AND CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHAL BOOKS. Members Public

REV. W ST. CLAIR TISDALL, M.A., D.D.: THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF THE QUR'AN - CHAPTER IV. THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AND CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHAL BOOKS. REV. W ST. CLAIR TISDALL, M.A., D.D.: THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF THE QUR'AN - CHAPTER IV. THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY

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