Sources
Sources and corrections
Every quotation on Obeywho can be checked. Here are the translations, scholars and early sources the topics draw on.
Translations
- The Bible: King James Version (KJV), quoted word for word.Each quote links to BibleGateway to read it in context. Quotes are checked against the KJV text from bible-api.com.
- The Qur’an: translated by Marmaduke Pickthall (The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, 1930), quoted word for word.Each quote links to Quran.com. Quotes are checked against Pickthall’s text from alquran.cloud.
- Bible search: the search box can also show the World English Bible, American Standard Version and Young’s Literal Translation.Some topics also mention how modern translations such as the NIV and ESV render a verse.
Scholars cited
- E. P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977)Topic: Did Paul change Jesus’s teaching on the Law?
- James D. G. Dunn, The New Perspective on PaulTopic: Did Paul change Jesus’s teaching on the Law?
- N. T. Wright, What Saint Paul Really Said (1997)Topic: Did Paul change Jesus’s teaching on the Law?
- James D. Tabor, Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity (2012)Topics: the Law, Paul’s call
- Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity (1986)Topic: Did Paul change Jesus’s teaching on the Law?
- Bart D. Ehrman, Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene (2006)Topics: the Law, Paul’s call
- Bart D. Ehrman, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999)Topic: Who was Jesus sent to?
- R. T. France, The Gospel of Matthew (2007)Topic: Who was Jesus sent to?
- Craig S. Keener, Acts: An Exegetical Commentary (2012–2015)Topic: Paul’s call on the road to Damascus
Early sources mentioned in the topics
- The councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381)Topics: Jesus & the Trinity, The Holy Spirit
- Athanasius, Festal Letter of 367, the first list matching today’s 27 New Testament booksTopic: How the Bible came to us
- Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, the two oldest complete Bible manuscriptsTopic: How the Bible came to us
- Papias and Irenaeus, second-century writers who name the Gospel authorsTopic: Who wrote the Gospels?
Where a topic says “most scholars” agree on something, it means the broad view found in standard academic introductions to the New Testament. Christian and Muslim readers will still weigh that evidence differently.
Corrections
I try hard to quote accurately and to describe every view fairly, but I’m still learning and I will make mistakes. If you spot a misquoted verse, an unfair summary of what Christians or Muslims believe, or a scholar described wrongly, please tell me. I’ll check it and correct it.