On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:51:30 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I said before, aside from their common English translations, I see no > connection between the a NT "prophetes" and a qur'anic "nabii." It's a bit bizzare to say there is NO connection. It's not like "nabi" is the Arabic word for "kumquat" or something. The Hebrew and Arabic words for "prophet" is essentially the same and the OT/NT notions of prophehood are going to be similar. In any case, For Christians, the authors of the New Testament (none of whom are named "Jesus") received revelation from God and were comissioned (whether they knew it or not) to deliver that message to the public for a large community. The same is true of the Quranic concept of nabi. Some Muslims wouldn't even insist that there be a comission to preach, and this is part of the argument for why for some consider Mary and the mother of Moses are as prophets (because they received revelation from God, even though it only concerned "personal" information regarding their children. In Mary's case, Gabriel spoke to her in the Annunciation while in the case of Moses' mother she was told to put her son in the water). If we go by that notion, then most Christians certainly accept the continuing presence of this kind of prophet/nabi because the Catholic Church has well developed concept of private revelation. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
