My vote goes to the Bible. Here's why:
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are eye-witness accounts of the life and Person Jesus, written by people who walked and lived with Him for about three years, and knew him intimately.
The Qur'an was written by the prophet Mohammad, who had never met Jesus.
What are your thoughts?
2006-10-13 04:45:54 · 15 answers · asked by sweet_unicorn 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OOOPs, Sorry.
Luke is NOT an eye-witness account, but a biography written by a third party.
2006-10-13 04:47:32 · update #1
But Luke was written by a very conscientious physician who talked with and interviewed people who had known Jesus personally.
2006-10-13 04:50:00 · update #2
The bible all the way! But, the Quran does hold some accurate accounts of Jesus. I don't know why they don't put that Quran down and follow the bible if their very own BOOK says that it acknowledges the bible to be true! geez
2006-10-13 04:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by Light 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i agree that the bible is because there were eyewitness to what they wrote about in the bible. The Bible writers came from many walks of life, including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, herdsmen, poets, statesmen, scholars, soldiers, priests, prophets, a tax collector, a tentmaking rabbi, and a Gentile doctor.
The Bible was written in three different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
The writings contained in the Bible belong to a great variety of literary types including history, law, poetry, educational discourses, parables, biography, personal correspondence, and prophecy.
Books written by men have no unity of thought on even one subject. Some of them invariably disagree with others. But there is perfect unity between the books of the Bible -- which speak of hundreds of subjects in many fields. There is no contradiction among them.
Who but God could produce such a book?
2006-10-13 11:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Testament in the Bible, because this part is solely for Jesus Christ. And I agree with you. Mohammad wrote the Qur'an about 100 years after Jesus was alive (I think, I heard that somewhere) but, yes I do agree with you. I don't think the Qu'ran has very much info, but it mentions him.
2006-10-13 11:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by Karina B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first. Muhammad cannot read or write to even begin to write the Quran.
2nd. if you compare the Quran (God words) with Hadith (Muhammad words) you will see alot of differences.
3rd. whoever read the Quran in its original language will know right away that it's from God.
4th. Islam didn't talk of much details about Jesus life. Quran is more as the conclusion of what God wants to say. Quran can be identify as short sentence that has a wide generalizing meaning.
2006-10-13 11:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I know what you are trying to say it is not an absolute thing that Mark is an eyewitness account but rather that he received his info from Peter. The Bible. is the answer... the "reception" of the koran is a misguided and hopeful thought.
2006-10-13 11:51:26 · answer #5 · answered by 57chevy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the gospels were written nearer the time matthew luke and john were written by eyewithnesses and those who knew jesus and spent a lot of time with him John Mark who wrote mark interviewed people who where there and i think he went around with peter one of jesus' deciples for a while too.
2006-10-13 12:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by attb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christian scholars confirm that the gospels were not composed until at least 30 years after jesus's death..i would go for quran as it's written in the 1st person, ie. god speaking opposed to mohammad speaking, as many seen to think..the bible is written in the 3rd person, ie. he said she said he said etc..so not as reliable..
2006-10-13 12:04:16 · answer #7 · answered by bandit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gospels are not thought to be eye-witness accounts. The first three gospels plagiarize from each other extensively.
2006-10-13 11:49:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book written by Paul, Peter, James (Jesus' brother) & so on are all 1st hand accounts.
2006-10-13 11:49:56 · answer #9 · answered by righton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Qur'an first cos I'm muslim and 2nd cos Jesus and Muhammad(pbut) were both around at the same time more or less
2006-10-13 11:54:48 · answer #10 · answered by baddrose268 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋