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Banned
before you go on any further, a point that islam makes and we muslims believe:
Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him) did not know how to read or write. this was also the case with Jesus and out of a population of 3000 in the city of Makkah, only 11 or 12 knew how to read or write. remember this was before islam, when all of arabia was a pagan land with sporadic tribes of christians and jews living in the desert with them.
Muhammed never knew which writings were correct and which were corrupted. He was merely told by Gabriel to say what God said. many places in the Quran start with Say!. as if Muhammed is being told by someone to Say these words. it was Gabriel revealing to Muhammed that God has said that the previous texts have been changed (well known fact now) but God will protect the Quran from corruption. i wouldn't say islam starts over, neither would i say that modify or reinterpret scriptures. Quran tells mankind that the previous revealed Words of God have been altered. now it is upto you to figure out which parts have been altered and where and how and why. the quran doesnot say specifically which parts have been altered because it does not bog down in petty details. that is upto the common man to find out where the corruption has taken place. besides that, the Quran as a Word of God stands true for all time and the Bible has been altered even uptil relatively recent history. so the Quran is true in saying that men have altered with the Words (as done in recent times)
as an interesting point you will note that scholars agree that there are many versions of the manuscripts of the old and new testament (codex sinaiticus is different from Codex Alexandrianus for example). however the Quran remains as it was in its original form, not a single letter has changed. but ofcourse since you can't read arabic you might not be able to see it.
out of the Tanakh, only the Torah is the revealed Book in Judaism, Nevim and ketuvim are not considered revealed. even the Talmud is not a revealed book.
before you go on about the dead sea scrolls i would seriously say that you ought to read Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus. it is not an interpretation of the bible, it is a factual history of the compilation of the bible. you may want to get a preview here. click on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJluEnIqTVk
NB:- you still haven't told me which version of the bible you are using. are you purposefully avoiding this?
Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him) did not know how to read or write. this was also the case with Jesus and out of a population of 3000 in the city of Makkah, only 11 or 12 knew how to read or write. remember this was before islam, when all of arabia was a pagan land with sporadic tribes of christians and jews living in the desert with them.
Muhammed never knew which writings were correct and which were corrupted. He was merely told by Gabriel to say what God said. many places in the Quran start with Say!. as if Muhammed is being told by someone to Say these words. it was Gabriel revealing to Muhammed that God has said that the previous texts have been changed (well known fact now) but God will protect the Quran from corruption. i wouldn't say islam starts over, neither would i say that modify or reinterpret scriptures. Quran tells mankind that the previous revealed Words of God have been altered. now it is upto you to figure out which parts have been altered and where and how and why. the quran doesnot say specifically which parts have been altered because it does not bog down in petty details. that is upto the common man to find out where the corruption has taken place. besides that, the Quran as a Word of God stands true for all time and the Bible has been altered even uptil relatively recent history. so the Quran is true in saying that men have altered with the Words (as done in recent times)
as an interesting point you will note that scholars agree that there are many versions of the manuscripts of the old and new testament (codex sinaiticus is different from Codex Alexandrianus for example). however the Quran remains as it was in its original form, not a single letter has changed. but ofcourse since you can't read arabic you might not be able to see it.
out of the Tanakh, only the Torah is the revealed Book in Judaism, Nevim and ketuvim are not considered revealed. even the Talmud is not a revealed book.
before you go on about the dead sea scrolls i would seriously say that you ought to read Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus. it is not an interpretation of the bible, it is a factual history of the compilation of the bible. you may want to get a preview here. click on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJluEnIqTVk
NB:- you still haven't told me which version of the bible you are using. are you purposefully avoiding this?