what do we think of gospel of barnabas?

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do we accept what is written in it?
@ abu bakr, this is off topic but who do you think is more attractive: black widow in avengers or maria hill?

[use your brain]

skip it.

[Wally]

We is who? strange!!!

Present me with Aramaic or Arabic text as no prophet spoke English. Nor was there any prophet that was not Middle Eastern. I think you are in the wrong country preaching to the choir. LOL!

Too funny!

[Abu Bakr]

I've heard that it was written somewhere in between 13th or 14th century.I'm not sure If it's authentic or not nor have I ever read it.
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I've also heard rumors that Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم was prophesized in the gospel of Barnabas.
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Dude....My internet connection is as slow as a turtle,It took me minutes to post the answer to your second question.

Who do you think is more attractive: black widow in avengers or maria hill?
Ok that's a tough one...I personally think both of them are attractive but Maria hill is a little more than black widow.

[Jersey Girl]

Islam and Muslims should ignore this forgery book written in the 14th century.

Why ~

Buy the book and read it. Amazon.com has it.

There is a chapter in there and it claims that the prophet of Islam, Mohammad is the Blessed Messiah, and not Jesus.

This statement made in the book alone goes again the Islamic Quran book where it clearly states that Jesus son of Mary is the Messiah!

You'll never find a Muslim claiming that their prophet Mohammad was the Messiah!

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the thing is when you take up the book of barnabas Then christian want to defend that jesus is god or son of god and christian say that Muhammed is the messiah?! but when you look after what does messiah means according to the orginal bible? it could mean the last prophet or a normal prophet according to the old jew, for example on normal messiah check those in the bible
1 Samuel 15:17, 1 Kings 1:39, 1 Samuel 16:13, Leviticus 4. so how many messiah is it and here is what the old jewish say

http://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/arti...an-claims/

so the jewish word messiah is anointed and all prophet were anointed

but on gospel of barnabas jesus is the christ which means in arabic Messih isa. which is Messiah but not like the jew translated it check what ahmed dedad says

lets take a example on the bible they have: John 4:25" 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”" here we saw the word /christ/christos

now to solomon 1 Kings 1:39 "39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed/Messiah Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”"

there is no word (christ) but there is messiah: so christians claim is not vaild

http://www.barnabas.net/index.php/jesus-as-the-messiah

Edit and the funny is the Christian and not muslims BUT christians says the bible is 1500 years old so is it when Muhammed was alive?? nope its like 100 years before prophet Muhammed peace be upon him birth, i believe that the gospel of barnabas authernic

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-272334-1...firms.html

and sorry @Jersey Girl i dont mean just you but many others and iknow because you learned it from others its ok

[Muhammad Javed]

It appears authentic to me because its teachings agree with the Quranic teachings. It says Jesus was a human prophet not God or son of God. The writer says he had shown it was written during lifetime of Jesus Christ and was shown to him.

[Ruchjat K]

Salam Gospel of Barnabas mostly in line with the Qur'an so we can accept its contents

[Rick]

The so called “Gospel of Barnabas” is a forgery written in the 14th or 15th century.

If this writing was authentic, it would be reasonable to expect that the author would be familiar with the basic facts of Jewish life at this time. However the author of the so called “Gospel of Barnabas” did not understand the language, history or geography of 1st century Israel.

1.) Geography
In the first half of chapter 20 we find “Jesus went to the Sea of Galilee, and having embarked in a ship sailed to his city of Nazareth” and after Jesus calmed the storm “arrived at the city of Nazareth the seamen spread through the city all that Jesus had wrought”.

It would be impossible to embark a ship and sailed to the city of Nazareth. Nazareth is 25 km inland from the Sea of Galilee and more than 500m higher in altitude and situated on a ridge half way between Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea. You cannot sail a ship to city of Nazareth.

2.) Christ / Messiah
The word “Christ” is the Greek translation for the Hebrew word “Messiah”. Both these words when translated into English mean the Anointed One or the Chosen One. This word is not an obscure or rarely used word, on the contrary it is one of the most famous words in the Jewish and Christian religions. There is no doubt that if the author had been a disciple of Jesus, he would have been very familiar with this word.

However in the very opening of the book we find Jesus announced as God’s “prophet Jesus Christ”. And later in chapter 24 “Jesus confessed, and said the truth: 'I am not the Messiah.'” It is clear that the author did not understand the language spoken by Jesus and the 1st century Jews

3.) History
In chapter 3 we are told that Herod and Pilate both ruled in Judea at the time of Jesus' birth: “here reigned at that time in Judaea Herod, by decree of Caesar Augustus, and Pilate was governor.”

This is historically wrong for Herod and Pilate never ruled Judea at the same time. Herod ruled Judea alone from 37-4 B.C., while Pilate ruled thirty years later from 26-36 A.D.[3] The real Barnabas lived during the rule of Pilate, so if he really was the writer of this book, how could he make such a simple mistake?

4.) Ancient Evidence
There is absolutely no ancient evidence for the book. There is nothing to even suggest that this book even existed prior to the 14th century.

5.) Internal Evidence
The internal evidence of the book suggests it was written in the 14th or 15th century, and there are Muslim scholars who agree with this dating. The Gospel of Barnabas contains quotations from Dante Alighieri, references to an edict from Pope Boniface, and descriptions of feudalism and lots of other discrepancies. Therefore, scholars place the date of authorship around the fifteenth century.

For other anachronisms (things that show that this “gospel” was written at a much later time in history) see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_B...achronisms


The so called “Gospel of Barnabas” is not an authentic Gospel of Jesus. The book is a rewrite of the Biblical Gospel most likely by a Muslim around the 14th or 15th century who wanted to portray Jesus as a Muslim who taught Islam and predicted the coming of Muhammad.

(Note: It’s important that we not confuse the Gospel of Barnabas with the Epistle of Barnabas. These are two separate documents with two very different authors - the Epistle of Barnabas was written A.D. 70–90).