In order to reconstruct the contents of the most famous work of Mani, Living Gospel (written originally in Syriac), we have to use the Arabic and Classical New Persian texts containing accounts and even indirect quotations of this book. One of the most remarkable points in these accounts is that they clearly show that an important part of the Living Gospel contains the Manicha...

The gospel in the stars is a popular topic with many recent creationists. In an earlier paper, I examined some problems with this thesis. Since that earlier publication, the primary source on the subject has become available, allowing this much more detailed examination. In this current study, I identify many problems with the assumptions, methodologies, and conclusions made with the gospel in ...

The circulation of Gnostic Gospel and Acts and the still more dangerous competition of a compact New Testament put out by the semi-Gnostic Marcion forced the Church in self-defence to assign an exclusive canonical authority-not inferior to that heretofore ascribed to the Old Testament-to those older lives of Christ which it regarded as specially authentic. Thus c. A.D. 180 we find the Four Gosp...

International Journal of Frontier Missions 22:4 Winter 2005•135 Summary of the problem In part one, “Explaining the Biblical Term ‘Son(s) of God’ in Muslim Contexts,” we saw that the term ‘son(s) of God’ has a broad range of meanings. For most Muslims, however, this term has one meaning only, and that is God’s offspring by a sexual union. Worse yet, many Muslims are so frightened of this term t...

تورات و انجیل دو نام بسیار آشنا برای مسلمانان است که بارها در قرآن کریم از آنها بترتیب، به-عنوان کتابهای آسمانی یهودیان و مسیحیان نام برده شده است. مسلمانان، مسیحیان و یهودیان همگی در این که «تورات» نام کتابی وحیانی است که خداوند بر حضرت موسی (ع) وحی کرده است اتفاق نظر دارند. امّا در مورد این که به کتاب نازل شده بر حضرت عیسی (ع)، «انجیل» گفته می شود، بین مسلمانان و مسیحیان اختلاف نظر اساسی وجود ...