Gospel of Barnabas
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The
Gospel of Barnabas is a book depicting the life of
Jesus, and claiming to be by Jesus' disciple
Barnabas, who in this work is one of the
twelve apostles. Two manuscripts are known to have existed, both dated to the late 16th century and written respectively in Italian and in Spanish—although the Spanish manuscript is now lost, its text surviving only in a partial 18th-century transcript.
Barnabas is about the same length as the four
Canonical gospels put together, with the bulk being devoted to an account of Jesus' ministry, much of it harmonized from accounts also found in the canonical
gospels. In some key respects, it conforms to the
Islamic interpretation of Christian origins and contradicts the New Testament teachings of
Christianity.
This Gospel is considered by the majority of academics, including Christians and some Muslims (such as
Abbas el-Akkad) to be late and
pseudepigraphical;
[1] however, some academics suggest that it may contain some remnants of an earlier
apocryphal work (perhaps
Gnostic,
[2] Ebionite[3] or
Diatessaronic[4]), redacted to bring it more in line with Islamic doctrine. Some Muslims consider the surviving versions as transmitting a suppressed
apostolic original. Some Islamic organizations cite it in support of the
Islamic view of Jesus.
This work should not be confused with the surviving
Epistle of Barnabas, nor with the surviving
Acts of Barnabas.
The tolerant vibe is strong in you
Why do you Sunnis get hyper on Qadiyanis? just for a simple addendum that Muhammad is not the last prophet, right? so think what Christians would have for you? but, as Christians most of them really don't care religion nor are aggressive may be in the middle ages but clearly not now. but, you Muhammadan people definitely cannot tolerate criticism.
