the gospel of barnabas' -- Dr Rodney Blackhirst, La Trobe

KENADIAN · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

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Dr Rodney Blackhirst, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia.

Dr Blackhirst lectures in Philosophy & Religious Studies,
specializing in the monotheisms: Biblical Studies,
Medieval Studies and Islam/West relations.

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Dr R. Blackhirst:
denied and falsified the old and the new testaments
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as well, 'sold his soul' for a mere '30 pieces of silver'

1998-1999 - Dr R. Blackhirst: spoke exclusively in defense
of the 'pre-islamic' gospel of barnabas.

but all that changed

however, matthew 26:38, matthew 26:41, luke 22:41-44, john 17:11-14;
galatians 4:22-25; and the book of hebrews also lends more credence to
the gospel of barnabas AND ISLAM

jesus:
'The kingdom of God shall be taken from you,'
&
'But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out'

Matthew 21:42 (KJV) Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner:
this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say
I unto you,
The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing
forth the
fruits thereof.Matthew 8:11 (KJV) And I say unto you, That many shall come
from
the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in
the
kingdom of heaven.12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 13:28 (KJV) There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye
shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
kingdom
of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.

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Qolon · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 21

"KENADIAN" wrote in message$1Y3.2541@nntp-post.primus.ca...
Dr Blackhirst lectures in Philosophy & Religious Studies, specializing in
the monotheisms: Biblical Studies, Medieval Studies and Islam/West
relations.

[...]

however, matthew 26:38, matthew 26:41, luke 22:41-44, john 17:11-14;
galatians 4:22-25; and the book of hebrews also lends more credence to the
gospel of barnabas AND ISLAM

[snipped for context]

QOLON NOTE:
The Muslim scholar Cyril Glassé states:

As regards the "Gospel of Barnabas" itself, there is no question that it is
a medieval forgery. A complete Italian manuscript exists which appears to be
a translation from a Spanish original (which exists in part), written to
curry favor with Muslims of the time. It contains anachronisms which can
date only from the Middle Ages and not before, and shows a garbled
comprehension of Islamic doctrines, calling the Prophet "the Messiah", which
Islam does not claim for him. Besides its farcical notion of sacred
history, stylistically it is a mediocre parody of the Gospels, as the
writings of Baha'Allah are of the Koran." [The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
, Harper & Row, 1989, p. 64]

Weren't the Scriptures as the canon of the Old Testament already compiled
and included within the Dead Sea Scroll Cache before the Hebrews & Greeks as
Jewish Christians were subjected to military conquest, state sponsored
persecutions and destruction as sport? And didn't the Mithra derived pseudo
Christian ecclesiastical authority include within the 4th Century (ie. 325
C.E., the Nicene Council), the New Testament--comprising some 66 Books in
total?

Wasn't the Indo-Iranian religious notion at this time Mithria as benevolent
paganism and therefore no different to the astrological religion of the
Roman Empire--some 200-300+ years before the Koran was written? cf: King
Xerxes (520-465 BCE as Darius the Great's eldest son; Darius worshipped
Mithra) XPh & XPl Persepolis Decree {A law to 120 Satraps proclaiming Ahura
Mazda { 'the wise lord'} worship as the main principle of everything good,
the wise creator spirit who revealed himself in light and fire}

How then can you say that the pseudepigrapha literature known as the 'Gospel
of Barnabas' is related to the 7th day observant, Hebrew/Christian Apostle
Barnabas {son of the prophet, or of consolation} recorded within the
Gospels, who on occasion travelled with the Hebrew Torah Scholar, Greek
Philosopher and Christian Apostle Paul {small; little}:

"But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was
committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter {a rock
or stone}; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of
the circumcision, the same was mighty in [Paul] {small; little} toward the
Gentiles:) And when James {that supplants, undermines; the heel}, Cephas {a
rock or stone}, and John {the grace or mercy of the Lord}, who seemed to be
pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and
Barnabas {son of the prophet, or of consolation} the right hands of
fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the
circumcision." [New King James Version Bible; Galatians 2:4-9; Colossians
4:11; Philippians 3:4-7]

BUT WHY ONLY 66 BOOKS IN THE BIBLE?

[#66, #15, #76, #25 - What's behind it all?/ Imaging the Mysterious/ #72,
#10]
[#51, #66, #77, #37 - Non-Deeming Action/ Adminstration of Government/ #73,
#9]
[#26, #10, #66, #5 - Natural Guidance/ The Function of Emptiness/ #54, #28]
[#22, #74, #56, #66 - Strategic Reversal/ Putting Oneself Behind/ #36, #46]

[#34, #65, #63, #33 - Achievable Goals/ The Virtue of Discrimation/ #16,
#66]
[#48, #55, #19, #49 - Sage's Constancy/ Trust in Virtue/ #66, #16]

- dolf
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#5
Angel/Daemon of Asaliah
[231°-235° /Nov 13-17 /Scorpio /Water /70, 300, 30 = 400 (#1)
Isopsephy: Krios - Ram; Oinos - Wine; Kokkos - Grain, seed; Oxos - Vinegar,
poor wine; sour fellow
{Autonomous Nature}

Latin: Custos Alt: Molahel {Command of God}] {
1. HELPS THOSE WHO WISH TO RAISE THEMSELVES SPIRITUALLY
2. JUSTICE
3. CONTEMPLATION}

[#26, #10, #66, #5 - Natural Guidance/ The Function of Emptiness/ #54, #28]
"...and the name of the woman was still Sarai {my lady; my princess}; the
symbol of my authority, for she is called my authority, and she had not yet
changed her nature so as to become generic virtue, and all genus is
imperishable, but was as yet classed among things particular and things in
species; that is to say, such as the prudence which is in me, the temperance
which is in me, the courage, the justice, and so on in the same manner; and
these particular virtues are perishable, because the place which receives
them, that is to say I, am also perishable."

#86 "And the doctrine is this: God alone keeps festival in reality, for he
alone rejoices, he alone is delighted, he alone feels cheerfulness, and to
him alone is it given, to pass an existence of perfect peace unmixed with
war. He is free from all pain, and free from all fear; he has no
participation in any evils, he yields to no one, he suffers no sorrow, he
knows no fatigue, he is full of unalloyed happiness; his nature is entirely
perfect, or rather God is himself the perfection, and completion, and
boundary of happiness, partaking of nothing else by which he can be rendered
better, but giving to every individual thing a portion of what is suited to
it, from the fountain of good, namely, from himself; for the beautiful
things in the world would never have been such as they are, if they had not
been made after an archetypal pattern, which was really beautiful, the
uncreated, and blessed, and imperishable model of all things."