Gospel of Barnabas

Published by 1c15 on 25th December 201925th December 2019

• 15th century Muslim forgery is the opinion of scholars
• Jesus portrayed merely as a prophet not the Messiah
  • Quran says Jesus is the Messiah and contradicts this

Reasons for rejection/non-inclusion

• It’s more than 1,000 years too late
• Muslims would’ve used this prior to the 15th century  to make their case if the document was around prior
• Makes major errors such as referring to Jesus as Christ twice but then later denying he is the Messiah. Jews wouldn’t make such a mistake, BArnabas certainly wouldn’t 
• Gets the year of Jubilees incorrect
• Mentions medieval feudalism systems like a medieval court procedure, and wooden wine cask. Wine skins were used in 1st century Palestine.

Notes

• Sources (Only late ones exist) that deny Jesus never died: Gospel of Barnabas 217.
• Year of jubilee — Gospel of Barnabas 83.
• Changing the year of jubilee — See Geisler and Saleeb, Answering Islam, appendix 3.
• Medieval feudalism — Gospel of Barnabas 122
• Medieval court procedure — Gospel of Barnabas 121
• Wooden Wine Casks — Gospel of Barnabas 152