Overview

Christianity	Islam
Manuscripts
New Testament written before the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., & before the fire of Rome, because these events and the martyrdoms of James (62 A.D.), Paul (64 A.D.) & Peter (65 A.D.), all pivotal Christian events, are not mentioned. New Testament manuscripts 5,300 Greek 10,000 Latin Vulgate 9,300other early versions + 24,000 manuscript copies of portions of the New Testament in existence today! Magdalene Manuscript (Dr.Thiede)=50-68A.D. (KE=Kurios=Lord) oldest of 98 Papyrus =15,000 translations: Latin, Syriac, Coptic Armenian, Gothic, Nubian, Georgian, Ethiopic =2,135 Lectionaries from 6th century =32,000 quotes from Early Church Fathers’ letters; all N. Test. except for 11 verses (-325A.D.)	Uthmanic recension. not Topkapi / Sammarkand Ma’il 7th-9th century Medina and Mecca. Mashq 7th century onwards. Kufic 8th-11th century. Naskh 11th century till today. Noldeke, Hawting, Schacht, Lings, Safadi all date Topkapi / Sammarkand to 9th century. Quraish = Mecca, Kufa = 636 A.D. = Persia. Ma’il Qur’an in British Library, Lings=790 A.D. Conclusion: no Uthmanic recension, Qur’an= 1,200 years old, 150 year gap!!!
Documentary Evidence
Moses didn’t write?, yet Black Stele found = laws of Hammurabi 300 yrs. before Moses. Daniel not 2nd but 6th BC, East India. Inscription=Dan.4:30=Nebuchadnezzar building. Dead Sea Scrolls 100 BC = Massoretic MS=916 A.D. Armana tablets (Egypt) Habiru=Hebrew, first given to Abraham (Gen.14:13) Ebla tablets (Syria) 17,000=Tell Mardikh 2300 BC=Deuteronomy law code, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, Zoar=Gen. 14:8 Mari tablets (Euphrates) Arriyuk=Arioch=Gen.14 Nahor, Harran=Gen.24:10, Benjamin Nuzi tablets (Iraq) speaks of 6 Patriarchal customs	Jews split with Muh. 624 A.D. (S.2:144-150) – Doctrina Iacobi, 642A.D. Jews/Saracens allied. Armenian Chronicler 660 A.D.= Jews & Ishmaelites together up to 640 A.D. Mecca (S.3:96)=1st sanctuary, Adam=Kaaba 1st city, Abraham/Ishmael, Trade – no ancient reference till 724A.D. (“Makoraba” 1st?) Sources Periplus (50A.D.), Pliny (79A.D.) vs. Cosmas, Procopius, Theodoretus no overland trade post – 1st cent=maritime=Red Sea no trade post-3rd cent, then Ethiopians (Adulis) Mecca a valley, no water, unlike Taif 50 miles away cheaper 1,250 miles by ship than 50 miles by camel
Archaeological Accuracy
Abraham on Babylonian inscription Field of Abram in Hebron = 918 BC by Shishak of Egypt, on walls of Karnak temple Doors of Sodom 2200-1600 BC = heavy = Gen.19:9, 900-600BC = arch/curtains (security) Beni Hasan Tomb Asiatics went to Egypt/famine Joseph’s price (20 shekels) Gen.37:28=1,700 BC, earlier cheaper, later more Joseph’s Tomb Josh.24:32 = in Shechem found mummy with Egyptian sword! Jericho’s walls fell outwards = Joshua 6:20 David’s Water shafts found (II Sam.5:6-8; I Chron.11:6)	Qibla (S.2:144-150) Jeru -> Mecca 624A.D. Wasit, Baghdad & Kufa = West, Al As = East Syrian Caliphal Palaces = Jerusalem Jacob of Edessa 705 A.D. to Jerusalem Dome of the Rock: by Abd al-Malik 691A.D., Mi’raj? Inscriptions polemical & not = Qur’an! Variant verbal forms, & extensive deviances No Qibla, octagonal thus 1st sanctuary? Nevo’s Inscriptions Arabic, religious after 661A.D., no Muh. formula until 690A.D. then Tawhid, Muhammad rasul Allah, Jesus=man on Protocols suddenly & only, until 724A.D. Note: Compared to the Biblical archaeological evidence, there is no archaeological evidence for Adam, Abraham, or Ishmael in Arabia!
Luke’s Accuracy
Erastus = Corinth treasurer (Rom. 16:23), pavement found in 1929 with this name. Meris = Philippia “district” of Macedonia doubted until inscriptions use it for district. Politarchs = civil authority of Thessalonica (Acts 17:6) 19 inscriptions use it, 5 in Thesselonica Praetor = Philippian ruler instead of Duumuir, Romans used Praetor earlier. Proconsul = title for Gallio (Acts 18:12) – corroborated by Delphi Inscription (52 A.D.) Gallio held this position for 1yr. Quirinius = governor of Syria at Jesus’ birth = an inscription from Antioch.