“Why did Paul, having experienced his revelations of Jesus as the Son of God, decide to go at once to Arabia instead of Jerusalem?” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“The priestly class of the Sadducees quarreled endlessly with the rabbis of the Pharisee sect. The Sadduccees strictly upheld the original Israelite monotheism of Moses; the Pharisees, in the tradition of Ezra, gave this same monotheism a broader interpretation which took into account the scriptual contributions of all the Biblical prophets, as well as the so-called 'Oral Torah', which was… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share
“Jesus was, if anything, far more useful than dangerous to the Romans.” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“The story, as related by Eusebius, cinfirms that Jesus did have at least one brother other than James who was in fact called Judas.… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“It is not certain that the mother of the historical Jesus was called Mary .. The mother of Jesus could not have been called… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“Writing his geographical dictionary, a North african Arab originally from the Yemen, expanded on the history of pre-Islamic Christianity in the region of Najran, on the north-eastern peripheries of the Yemen, remarking unequivocally that 'the origins of this religion was in Najran'.” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share
“Jesus had disciples whose names are cited in the Gospels, though not always with consistency .. Luke refers to a tax collector called Levi (5:27-9). Mark identifies the same man as Levi the son of Alphaeus (2:13-14). In Matthew, the tax collector is called Matthew (9:9, 10:3), a name which is given by Mark (3:18) and Luke (6:15) to another… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share
“The fact that the Hebrew word 'adam', meaning 'man', is identical with Adam as the name of the father of Seth plays a fundamental… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“Most scholars today agree that the Gospels cannot be regarded strictly as history; not as many may be prepared to admit how little history… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“Surprisingly, the only kings of historical times who did claim descent from David were Christians, not Jews.” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“There was a Christianity in Arabia -that of the Nasara, or 'Nazarenes'- which was several centuries older than the one which relates to the… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“According to John 7:41-42, many people in Jerusalem did not accept Jesus as the Messiah because he came from Galilee, whereas the Messiah was… — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
“Why did Paul, having experienced his revelations of Jesus as the Son of God, decide to go at once to Arabia instead of Jerusalem?” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
