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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 73 )T“The Son of Man” Who is he?he Holy Quran presents to us the true Jesus Christ (pbuh) as “the Son of Mary;” and the Holy Gospels, too, present him to us as “theSon of Mary;” but that Gospel which was written on the while tablets of the heart of Jesus(pbuh) and delivered to his disciples and followers orally, alas!, was soon adulterated with a mass of myth and legend. “The Son of Mary” becomes “the Son of Joseph,” having brothers and sisters.18 Then he becomes “the Son of David (pbuh);”19 “the Son of Man,”20“the Son of God;”21 “the Son” only;22 “the Christ;”23 and “the Lamb.”24It would seem that these Christian priests and pastors, theologians and apologists have a peculiar logic of their own for reasoning and a special propensity for mysteries and absurdities. Their logic knows no medium, no distinction of the terms, and no definite idea of the titles and appellations they use. They have an enviable taste for irreconcil18 Matt. xiii. 55, 56; Mark vi. 3; iii. 31; Luke ii. 48; viii. 19-21; John ii. 12; vii. 3, 5; Actsi. 14; I Cor. ix. 5; Gal. i. 19; Jude i.19 Matt. xxii. 42; Mark xii. 35; Luke xx. 41, Matt. xx. 30; ix. 27; xxi. 9; Acts xiii. 22, 23; Apoc. v. 5; Rom. xv. 12; Heb. vii. 14, etc.20 About eighty-three timesin the discourses of Jesus this appellation isrepeated.21 Matt. xiv. 32, xvi. 16; John xi. 27; Actsix. 20; 1 John iv. 15; v. 5; Heb. i. 2, 5, etc.22 John v. 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, etc.; and in the Baptismal formula, Matt. xxviii. 19; Johni. 34, etc.23 Matt. xvi. 16, and frequently in the Epistles.24 John i, 29, 36; and often in the Revelation.