News to me

Can't remember where I heard this, but it was sufficiently interesting to set me off on a search for answers. Basically woke up this morning with the following thought in my head:

"The Koran rejects the notion of Jesus crucifiction"

Strange thought to wake to - stranger still that a quick google later, I found the following Shuria verse:

"they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them" (Qur'an 4:156)

Apparently the Koran maintains that Judas was crucified and that the image of Christ was shown to Mary the Mother, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Aramathea etc. Apparently the Koran also explicitly rejects the notion of the Trinity.

This may become a new study for me - points of contention in shared mythology between Christianity and Islam. Looks interesting.

BTW - also read a very interesting extract regarding the origins of the idea of Trinity in Plato. That also looks like a promising read.