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The repression of early Jewish Christianity and the succession of Islam as its rightful heir (ft. Hans Küng) (May 2, 2019)

The rise and fall of early Jewish Christianity Jesus of Nazareth was an Aramaic speaking Jew in Judea, and all of his disciples and prophetic mission were strictly to Jewish people (Matt 15:24) and within Jewish lands (Matt 10:5-6), and he was firmly within Judaism (Matt 5:17-18). Likewise, the first Christians […]

Hans Küng on the basic common ethics of Islam, Christianity and Judaism (April 17, 2019)

In Christianity: Essence, History, Future, Hans Küng provides two full page charts comparing famous ethical codes from Judaism, Christianity and Islam to demonstrate that these Abrahamic religions share the same "basic common ethic" [1]: the first compares the Ten Commandments (i.e. the Decalogue in Exodus 20:1-21 RSV, c.f. Deuteronomy 5:4-21) […]

A Christian Response to the Qur’an (February 6, 2019)

I read the Qur'an: a new translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (Oxford World Classics) in 2018. It's not the first time I've read the Qur'an, because I've been fascinated by Islam for a long time, especially their holy book. Islam is Christianity's younger sibling in the same way as Judaism […]

Martin Luther’s Preface to the Qur’an (November 15, 2018)

The Qur'an was first translated into Latin in 1153, but the first latin translation published was in 1543 (and 1550) when Theodor Bibliander (1509-1564) published his latin translation of the Qur'an in Basle with the title "The lives and teaching of Muhammad, leader of the Saracrens, and of his successors, and […]