Kamal Salibi

“Jesus was, if anything, far more useful than dangerous to the Romans.”

— Kamal Salibi

“Paul did go to Arabia, and not to Jerusalem, immediately following his conversion.”

— Kamal Salibi

“The Gospel of Matthew has a misquoting from the prophet Zechariah (11:12-13), which he wrongly attributes to Jeremiah.”

— Kamal Salibi

“Surprisingly, the only kings of historical times who did claim descent from David were Christians, not Jews.”

— Kamal Salibi

“Why did Paul, having experienced his revelations of Jesus as the Son of God, decide to go at once to Arabia instead…

— Kamal Salibi

“Followers of Paul called themselves 'Christians' ... followers of Jesus in Jerusalem used to be called 'Nazarenes'.”

— Kamal Salibi

“The story, as related by Eusebius, cinfirms that Jesus did have at least one brother other than James who was in fact…

— Kamal Salibi

“The fact that the Hebrew word 'adam', meaning 'man', is identical with Adam as the name of the father of Seth plays…

— Kamal Salibi

“There was a Christianity in Arabia -that of the Nasara, or 'Nazarenes'- which was several centuries older than the one which relates…

— Kamal Salibi

“Jesus was an Israelite of the tribe of Juda. It does not follow that he was a Jew, and indeed there is…

— Kamal Salibi

“According to John 7:41-42, many people in Jerusalem did not accept Jesus as the Messiah because he came from Galilee, whereas the…

— Kamal Salibi

“The first-hand information Paul needed about Jesus either as a man, or as the promised Jewish Messiah was to be found in…

— Kamal Salibi

“It is not certain that the mother of the historical Jesus was called Mary .. The mother of Jesus could not have…

— Kamal Salibi

“Most scholars today agree that the Gospels cannot be regarded strictly as history; not as many may be prepared to admit how…

— Kamal Salibi

“The priestly class of the Sadducees quarreled endlessly with the rabbis of the Pharisee sect. The Sadduccees strictly upheld the original Israelite…

— Kamal Salibi

“Writing his geographical dictionary, a North african Arab originally from the Yemen, expanded on the history of pre-Islamic Christianity in the region…

— Kamal Salibi

“Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; only his disciples did; This statement, which interrupts the narrative of the Gospel of John at…

— Kamal Salibi

“Jesus had disciples whose names are cited in the Gospels, though not always with consistency .. Luke refers to a tax collector…

— Kamal Salibi