Gilberto, At 10:04 AM 1/14/2005, you wrote: >>It's a bit bizzare to say there is NO connection. It's not like "nabi" is the >>Arabic word for "kumquat" or something.<<
Well, etymologically, "prophetes" does not translates as warner. However, I was not referring to the words but to the ways in which they were used in either the Qur'an or the NT. >>The Hebrew and Arabic words for "prophet" is essentially the same and the >>OT/NT notions of prophehood are going to be similar.<< You think that they are going to be similar because they use similar words? I suppose I don't follow. Yes, "nabii" is used in both the Tanakh and the Qur'an. However, does this fact constitute evidence that some or all of the tanakhian writers and the author of the Qur'an had the same, or similar, meanings in mind? Because "prophetes" is, roughly, the NT equivalent of the tanakhian "nabii," can we then say that Paul used "prophetes" with the same meaning as did the authors of the Tanakh and the Qur'an? >>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.<< Except that a qur'anic nabii was a person especially chosen by God. Here are some of the statements purportedly made by Paul on the subject of "prophets." "If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord." (I Corinthians 14:37) "For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged ...." (I Corinthians 14:31) Paul's view of prophecy was, apparently, something in which all Christian could engage. In other words, he seems to have believed that *any* Christian could be a prophet. He wasn't authorizing the construction of a special class of prophets. >>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.<< As do many Sufis. With regards, Mark A. Foster � 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ 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]
