Posted on 05/08/2014 11:33:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A 1500-year-old bible has been discovered in Turkey. Discovered in 2000, the book that contains purportedly the Gospel of Barnabas has been transferred by the Turkish government to the Ethnography Museum of Ankara with a police escort. Barnabas was a disciple of Christ, and in the work, claims that Jesus was not crucified, instead it says he ascended to heaven alive and Judas Iscariot was crucified in his place. Furthermore, the 1500-year-old bible states that Jesus Christ was not the son of God, but simply a prophet who passed on the word of God.
According to a report for The National Turk, the bible and alleged Gospel of Barnabas was seized from smugglers in the Mediterranean area in 2000 and held in a Turkish courthouse until safe transfer to the museum could be arranged. Authorities charged the thieves with “smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations and the possession of explosives,” they since been sent to trial, Turkish police testified in regards to the incredible age of the bible, claiming it could be as old as "2000 years."
The Vatican has made an official request to be granted access to the 1500-year-old bible, however the bible that is said to be worth $28 million is currently held by the Turkish government securely. The holy words are hand written in Syriac in luminous gold lettering on loosely bound together animal hides. Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic – the reported native language of Jesus Christ. Aramaic itself is a nearly dead language, rarely present in today's modern society. Aramaic is only spoken in a small village near Damascus.
According to the Christian Post, merely photocopies of the holy book’s pages are being sold for a staggering $1.7 million. In addition to the age and impeccable construction of the bible, the contents of the holy book is what makes it so valuable. The Gospel of Barnabas is not included in the New Testament alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
This work opposes the ideas proposed in the widely spread New Testament, and instead has noticeable similarities to the Muslim interpretation of Jesus. The Gospel of Barnabas even contains a story in which Jesus predicts the coming of Prophet Muhammad. Due to this fact, many followers of Islam believe the original gospel work was repressed by the Vatican Library.
Sheesh, not this again!
There are three basic flavors of false religions in our world, I-Slam, the theory of evolution, and Gaea-worship (greentardism). Nothing coming from any of those sources should be assumed to be believable.
Baloney.
And there was no holocaust also.
” Jesus predicts the coming of Prophet Muhammad”
He did, he is called the anti-Christ.
Seems to be one heck of a coincidence that this thing dates back to the time when Islam was started....hmmm.
They’ll be “finding” more and more of those as we head deeper into this Godless Laodicean age that will soon end.
I would not be surprised if this was a modern hoax. But even if it wasn’t, there were a lot of books written early in the Christian era which contain statements which the official Church rejected as heterodox— the “Infancy Gospel,” the Gnostic Gospels, etc., etc.
probably more like 1300 years-old and written by followers of Mohammed to validate the accounts in the Koran.
Its too bad that junk like this is found instead of canonical books 1500 years old.
Hmmmm, Turkey, Muslim Christian haters, but surely they would lie.
Hmmmm, Turkey, Muslim Christian haters, but surely they would lie.
Unbelievable the idiots who believe this nonsense, there were liars like Obama even 1500 years ago....from the beginning, starting with Satan.
I had to laugh at that too. 500 years later. I should write a book about Christopher Columbus and what he was like.
This, most curiously reflects the view of MUSLIMS on this subject.
However, Pliny and Josephus have different views - having lived at the rough time period involved.
According to the entry in Wikipedia, this supposed manuscript does not contain the Gospel of Barnabas.
And yet, Barnabas claims He 'ascended'. Right. Wondering how that works.
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