Tag: Mary

  • Did Jesus, Mary and Joseph go to Egypt or to Nazareth ?

    Did Jesus, Mary and Joseph go to Egypt or to Nazareth ?

    In Matthew 2:14, we are told that Joseph took Mary and Jesus to Egypt : ​“When he arose, he took the young child and his moth­er by night, and depart­ed into Egypt.”  Yet in Luke 2:39, they went to Nazareth after Jesus’ birth : ​“And when they had per­formed all things accord­ing to the law of the Lord, they…

  • The Qur’an­ic Ety­molo­gies of Nazarene” and Gospel” and Their His­tor­i­cal Implications

    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 is called ” ​‘Isa” in the Qur’an, was con­ceived mirac­u­lous­ly by his moth­er Mary. He had no father. This is what the…

  • Paul of Tar­sus : The Clear-Cut Hypocrite

    We read the fol­low­ing teach­ings of the so-called ​“apos­tle” from Tar­sus, Paul, writ­ten in his epis­tles as follows : If pos­si­ble, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Nev­er take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is writ­ten, ​“Vengeance is Mine, I will…