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Related: About this forumSecret £14million Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad' unearthed in Turkey Re
Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.
The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105714/Secret-14million-Bible-Jesus-predicts-coming-Prophet-Muhammad-unearthed-Turkey.html#ixzz1nVkJriXk
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)Drale
(7,932 posts)the fact that the Turks have held it captive for 12 years would make me suspicious as well.
rug
(82,333 posts)" . . . . Pope Benedict XVI is claimed . . . . '
" . . . . is said to . . . . "
" . . . . discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000 . . . . "
" . . . . thought to be . . . . "
" . . . . could be . . . . ""
" . . . . he is said to have told . . . . "
" . . . . some believe it is a fake . . . . "
" . . . . unlikely to be authentic . . . . "
" . . . . might have been . . . . "
You should cross-post this in LBN.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)with no justification. It does not seem anything like this has been auctioned in recent years; how can they say it's a "£14 million tome"?
rug
(82,333 posts)intaglio
(8,170 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)mr blur
(7,753 posts)I read it in the Daily Mail.
Kurmudgeon
(1,751 posts)That right there, plus the fact it didn't even exist till centuries after Christ's Birth and Resurrection means it's the work of later people with different beliefs. It's an interesting historical artifact, nothing more.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)edhopper
(33,585 posts)were written after the the Birth and Death. ( I omit the dubious Resurrection)
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)So that's 500 years after the putative birth of Jesus and right around the time of Mohammed, then?
I'm convinced.