Saturday 08 Oct, 2005
Here is a partial list of reasons for why the death of Jesus on the cross couldn’t possibly have served as a valid sacrifice – any one of these would render a sacrifice as unacceptable for the purpose of expiation of sins. Given that, at the time of Jesus’ death, the Second Temple was still standing in Jerusalem and the Hebrew Bible was the Scripture in force, here are some of the reasons why the death of Jesus on the cross cannot be a valid sacrificial offering….Read More
10 / 07 / 05 - We will put our explanation regarding the main issue (I AM) in steps so that it shall be easily followed by those unfamiliar with issues involved. The focus of the paper is to examine whether the use of the word "I am" in John 8:58 has something to do with "I AM" in Exodus 3:14. We will give the complete verses of John 8:58 and Exodus 3:14 later on in this paper. First, we would like to introduce to the reader the Septuagint, which shall be the main reference in this discussion other than the Bible itself. Let us delve into the explanation about the Septuagint: The word "Septuagint" is taken from the Latin word
septuaginta which means "70". Therefore, this book is also known as "LXX", which simply means "70"....
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10 / 07 / 05 - Mahmud Ali Abdal Chabir An article posted on a Christian website entitled Jesus in the Rabbinic Traditions is a good example of the level to which religious studies has sunk in recent years, as carried out on the Internet. The …...
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10 / 07 / 05 - Louay Fatoohi & Shetha Al-Dargazelli Journal of the Society for Qur’anic Studies, Number 1, Volume 1, 2001 The Qur’an and the New Testament agree on a number of issues regarding Jesus Christ. Both books, for instance, stress that Jesus, who …...
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10 / 07 / 05 - Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In two of the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus (P) is depicted as crying out on the cross “my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”[1]. The Qur’an clearly postulates that Jesus (P) was never crucified, and …...
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10 / 07 / 05 - In this article, I have compared the accounts of one event as described in the first three Synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. The reader should realize after comparison that the gospels were originally transmitted through oral tradition. In the process of writing, the writers of the gospels had changed the tradition according to their whims and fancies....
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