Who was the offered son of Abraham? Is it Ishmael or Isaac? This has been a point of controversy between Muslims from one side, and from Jews and Christians from the other side. This section is not just showing a Bible difficulty that yielded in an inconsistency, but it can also give a hint on […]
When did Abraham leave Haran? Was it before or after his father’s death? This is a Bible difficulty showing an inconsistency between Old Testament and New Testament. What did the Old Testament say? In the Old Testament it says that Terah lived 70 years then he begat Abraham: Genesis 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, […]
In Genesis 37, it says that Joseph was 17 when he had a great dream and his brothers hated him and then he was sold and brought to Egypt: Genesis 37:2 these are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the […]
One of the major difficulties that faced the Bible scholars for a long time was the fact that the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew is totally different from that in Luke. What did Christian Commentators say about Jesus Genealogy? In Robertson’s Word Picture, it says: The two genealogies differ very widely and many theories have […]
Here we shall discuss some of the contradictions in the crucifixion story between the Gospels. When there is a trial in a court, to accept what the witnesses say, there must be no variation between what they are saying. However if there was a wide variation between what the witnesses say, we reject both narrations […]
Contradiction between Matthew and Acts on how did Judas die How did Judas die? Actually the Bible tells us 2 stories. In Matthew, it says that he hanged himself: Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. While in Acts, it […]
There is a common misconception among Christians, which is that Muslims believe that all the scriptures of Jews and Christians are corrupted and that they contain nothing true, which is not accurate. Muslims believe that these scriptures (including the Bible) may contain true and false scriptures as they have been subjected to corruption either by […]
Here are some of the reasons why Muslims don’t accept the Bible. One of the main reasons is the way illustrating God and His prophets, in the Bible; God is described with attributes and analogies that we Muslims condemn. Also the way of illustrating His prophets in many cases as idolaters, adulterers and drunk is […]
Christians usually say that the manuscripts of the Bible are a great historical evidence for its authenticity comparing it with manuscripts of some contemporary works and consider that the extensive number of Biblical manuscripts is a conclusive proof that the Bible we have now is an authentic book from God. However, this is not enough […]
Actually the first Early Church Fathers who extensively quoted from the Bible lived at the end of the 2nd century as Irenaeus and Tertullian. Those who were before them as Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas and Justin Martyr quoted very few verses from the Bible and their quotes from the New Testament were even fewer. Besides, a […]