Who is Jesus? A public forum at Flinders University 2013.

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Speakers: Abdullah Kunde & Samuel Green. Thanks Abdullah. It was a great time as usual. Here are my post event comments: 1. This is the reference to Ibn Taymiyyah and the Satanic Verses that I mentioned. Ibn Taymiyyah, against the majoritarian opinion of the scholars of his day, accepted the historicity of the Satanic verses as something wholly consonant with Muhammad's status and mission as the Messenger of God. He asserted that belief in the incident was the position of the early Muslims, the salaf, and thus the original and authentic truth. (Shahab Ahmed, "Ibn Taymiyyah and the Satanic Verses", Studia Islamica, no. 87, 1998, p. 122) The Satanic verses incident is narrated in numerous reports (between 18 and 25, depending on how one reckons an independent riwayah) scattered in the sirah nabawiyyah and tafsir literature originating in the first two centuries of Islam. The indications are that the incident formed a fairly standard element in the historical memory of the early Muslim community regarding the life of its founder. (Shahab Ahmed, p. 70) 2. It was suggested that the different Gospel accounts have an inconsistent picture of Jesus. Here is a survey. Jesus was crucified, died & raised: Matthew 16:17-19, 17:22-23, 20:17-19, 27:45-28:10; Mark 8:31, 10:32-34, 15:1-16:8; Luke 9:20-22, 18:31-34, 23:44-24:12; John 3:14, 12:24, 19:17-20:23. Jesus is the Son of God: Matthew, 3:17, 4:3-6, 8:29, 11:27, 14:33, 16:16, 17:5, 21:37ff 22:2ff, 24:36, 26:63-64, 27:40, 43, 54, 28:19; Mark 1:11, 3:11, 5:7, 9:7, 12:6, 13:32, 14:60-62, 15:39; Luke 1:32, 35, 3:22, 4:3-9, 41, 8:28, 9:35, 20:13, 22:66-71; John 1:34, 49, 3:16-18, 35-36, 5:16-30, 6:40, 8:35-36, 10:36, 11:4, 27, 13:32, 14:13, 17:1, 19:7, 20:21. Jesus is the Son of Man: Matthew 8:20, 9:6, 10:23, 11:19, 12:8, 32, 40, 13:37, 41, 16:13, 27, 28, 17:9, 12, 14, 22, 19:22, 20:18, 28, 24:27, 30, 37, 39, 44, 25:31, 26:2, 24, 45, 64; Mark 2:10, 28, 8:31, 38, 9:9, 12, 31, 10:33, 45, 13:26, 14:21, 41, 62; Luke 5:24, 6:5, 22, 7:34, 9:22, 26, 44, 58, 11:30, 12:8-10, 40, 17:22-30, 18:8, 31, 19:10, 21:27, 36, 22:22, 48, 69, 24:7; John 1:51, 3:13, 3:14, 5:16-30, 6:27, 53, 62, 8:28, 9:35, 12:23, 34, 13:31. Jesus was a sacrifice for sin: Matthew 20:26-28, 26:26-28; Mark 10:45, 14:22-24: Luke 22:17-20; John 1:34, 3:36. 3. Regarding the location of the Gadarenes it is helpful to see that it was the region not a town: When he (Jesus) arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes. (Matthew 8:28) 4. For Muslims venerating the prophets, search "Tawassul & Istighatha".