Scan barcode
pinned_pages's review against another edition
I have no idea when I read this but I am sure it was for a Islam analysis class!
gnanapudding's review against another edition
1.0
This is not a scholarly review of the Gospel of Barnabas.
This work is an excellent piece of Medieval European Fan Fiction, but a horrible piece of 1st Century/ Ancient Near East literature. The author is misinformed about some basic ANE geography. GoB is much longer than other gospel accounts of Jesus, and is roughly the same length as a harmony of the 4 canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John). It has many parallels with these accounts, but key passages which may serve as proof texts for Christian doctrines are replaced with Islamic influenced texts such as passages where Jesus is attributed with saying the opposite, i.e. denying his divinity. It also has many other stories about Abraham and Adam that seem to have roots in Islamic folktales.
The Gospel of Barnabas significantly contradicts both the Bible and the Qur’an. Both Muslims & Christians alike should reject it. Muslims who support it as the “Original İnjil” or argue for its legitimacy do damage to their own cause.
1.5 out of 5 stars; I would not recommend this book to anyone looking to better understand who Jesus is, nor someone wanting to understand the world of the early church. But as a piece of apocryphal writing it holds some interest. In all, I find the text itself and the argument it sets forth to be unconvincing.
This work is an excellent piece of Medieval European Fan Fiction, but a horrible piece of 1st Century/ Ancient Near East literature. The author is misinformed about some basic ANE geography. GoB is much longer than other gospel accounts of Jesus, and is roughly the same length as a harmony of the 4 canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John). It has many parallels with these accounts, but key passages which may serve as proof texts for Christian doctrines are replaced with Islamic influenced texts such as passages where Jesus is attributed with saying the opposite, i.e. denying his divinity. It also has many other stories about Abraham and Adam that seem to have roots in Islamic folktales.
The Gospel of Barnabas significantly contradicts both the Bible and the Qur’an. Both Muslims & Christians alike should reject it. Muslims who support it as the “Original İnjil” or argue for its legitimacy do damage to their own cause.
1.5 out of 5 stars; I would not recommend this book to anyone looking to better understand who Jesus is, nor someone wanting to understand the world of the early church. But as a piece of apocryphal writing it holds some interest. In all, I find the text itself and the argument it sets forth to be unconvincing.