Once again, we return to some more of Khalidi\u2019s The Muslim Jesus<\/em>, which sorts out the sayings and stories about Jesus from the Muslim tradition. The earliest traditions about Jesus in the so-called Muslim gospel is that Jesus was a radical ascetic. Once again, we return to some more of Khalidi\u2019s The Muslim Jesus, which sorts out the sayings and stories about Jesus from the Muslim tradition. The earliest traditions about Jesus in the so-called Muslim gospel is that Jesus was a radical ascetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[476],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJesus\u2019 brother dies; his brother\u2019s wife is upset; Jesus raises the brother from the dead as a witness; the woman blesses Jesus; but Jesus turns the blessing into a praise of \u201cHis Book\u201d (Kur\u2019an). And when Jesus ascends (Acts 1), the Muslim gospel tells us that Jesus left behind a woolen garment [ascetic dress], a slingshot, and two sandals (#77).
\nAgain, there is an emphasis on Jesus\u2019 humanity:
\n1. Jesus said, \u2018Console me, for my heart is soft and I hold myself in low esteem\u201d (#45).
\n2. Jesus tells John Baptist: \u201cYou are better than me\u201d (#53).
\n3. His problem with anger re-emerges: \u201cMy God, I can no longer rid myself of that which I hate, nor can I attain the benefit of what I desire\u201d (#74).
\nJesus is incorporated into the Islamic tradition to be its spokesman:
\n1. \u201cWhoever has learned, acted, and imparted knowledge \u2014 he is the one who is called great in the kingdom of heaven\u201d (#46).
\n2. The Muslim Jesus adapts the Jesus Creed; someone asks Jesus how a person can be truly pious. \u201cYou must truly love God in your heart and work in His service, exerting all your effort and strength, and be merciful toward the people of your race\u201d \u2014 and \u201crace\u201d is understood universally, as \u201call the children of Adam\u201d (#48).
\n3. A slight adaptation into Islam: Matthew 7:1 becomes: \u201c\u2026 do not cast pearls before swine\u2026 [which means] Do not impart wisdom to one who does not desire it\u201d (#64).
\n4. Jesus was wandering, and it began to rain; he sought refuge in a cave, but a shepherd was there; he sought refuge in a thicket, but a lion was there; so he complains to God. God says, \u201cyour refuse is with me\u201d and then promises Jesus: \u201cI shall marry you to a thousand comely maidens and feed people for a thousand years at your wedding\u201d (#76).
\nAnd, the ascetic Jesus:
\n1. Jesus asked, \u201cDo you believe that stones, mud, and gold are all equal in your sight?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d [the disciples] replied. He said (or I think he said), \u201cThey are all the same in my sight.\u201d
\n2. \u201cWill you not take a wife?,\u201d they asked him. \u201cWhat do I do with a wife that might die?\u201d (#60)
\n3. \u201cWomen are the ropes of Satan,\u201d #61 has (a saying from Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
\n4. Jesus, the tradition says, ate leaves, dressed in hair shirts, slept wherever he was, had no child, no house, and never saved food (#78).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"