Mohammed in the "Gospel" of Barnabas - ZOT for the Theologians

[parakletos]

The GREAT PROPHET MOHAMMED was mentioned by name in the forgotten gospel of Barnabas,who was one of the disciples of THE GREAT PROPHET JESUS CHRIST.

The gospel is here: www.barnabas.net/

in the aforementioned site,make a search for the word "mohammed".

heres a sample: from part 97

Then said the priest: `How shall the Messiah be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?'

Jesus answered: `The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Mohammed; for thy sake I will to create paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereof I make thee a present, insomuch that whoso bless thee shall be blessed, and whoso shall curse thee shall be accursed. When I shall send thee into the world I shall send thee as my messenger of salvation, and thy word shall be true, insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but thy faith shall never fail." Mohammed is his blessed name.'

Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: `O God, send us thy messenger: O Mohammed, come quickly for the salvation of the world!'

what do you think?

[Dead Corpse]

Yeah... I don't look very good extra crispy. I've cut it too close in the past.

While I think comparative theology is interesting as a conversation by line, I'd much prefer to talk about dang near anything else. Just from an interest standpoint. Religion can be a touchy subject.

[Dead Corpse]

Me too. ;-) The more of those moments, the better.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Pity.. no one really knows much about Celtic gods, apart from some guy called Lug!!

Lug... He's the nut holding my wheels to my axle right?

:)

Actually I was very into Celtic Mythology a couple of decades back, then Zimmer-Bradley wrote that horrible book and it became the "trendy thing" and I fled in horror.

[Dead Corpse]

Play with the Troll. Pave him good.

Gotta run kiddos. Later...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Very!

Because of that I have to confine my learning to books except for some very select people who understand I really am trying to learn not pin them down.

When I become Queen of the Universe I am going to demand that all religions produce a book similar to "The Jewish Book of Why" so I can satisfy my insatiable curiosity without getting whole groups ticked off at me.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

We calls ears 'lugs' over here!!

Who's this Zimmer guy?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Curiously enough, I'm just after killing the thread.

[Tulsa Brian]

You Bastard!!!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I prefer 'gobshite'! :P

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Ping.

[Tulsa Brian]

LOL! Why do you want to kill this thread?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I don't, I do it unintentionally....

[Tulsa Brian]

Repressed hostility?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

We call the bolts that hold our tires on "lug nuts"

Girl, Marion Zimmer-Bradley.

She wrote a book about the Arthur legend that included lots of alleged Celtic lore. Not a bad work of fiction if you overlooked some very bad research but trying to convince people that it was just that, fiction, rather then a scholarly work was well nie impossible.

It was the "Da Vinci Code" of its day. Thankfully it never was published as a mass market paperback. So except among college girls it never gained wide traction.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I don't think he is repressed....

[Tulsa Brian]

Depressed? Compressed? Redressed? Expressed? Impressed?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Yes... repressed anger I take out on IRA trolls...

:P

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Oh, ok - I'm not sure sure what tradition the King Arthur tales comes from.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

5th century Briton is what is generally agreed but the story in many ways is one of those universal myths that are timeless.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

So, it's before the Angles, Saxons and Jutes? It must be mainly Celtic.