Jesus & Mohammed

Jesus and Muhammad , A Comparison

The lives and deaths of Jesus of Nazareth and Muhammad were very different from a historical perspective . Perhaps as a result of that fact , the two have been worshiped historically in very different ways with Jesus deified , and Mohammed remaining a prophet of the one true God ' The differences between the two both in their lives and their teachings are reflected in the manner in which both are worshipped today

The life of Jesus of Nazareth is documented in the New Testament of the Christian bible

(Muller , B . 1997 )There is very little historical confirmation of the facts of his life , but one can extrapolate some of what he did and saw before his 30th year based both on scripture and contemporary accounts of political and social history (Muller , B 1997 )Jesus was born at an inn , or hostel while his parents were en route to a population center to be accounted in the census . While he received no formal education (few in his region at the time did ) he was acknowledged as a learned individual at a young age (Muller , B . 1997 According to scripture , Jesus never displayed the knowledge of reading or writing . His story was written by his followers well after the fact Jesus ' own teachings are quoted in the Gospel as his word . After a largely undocumented childhood and adolescence , Jesus appears again historically in Cesarea , Judea in about 26 CE (Muller , B . 1997 ) After being baptized with a large crowd by John the Baptist , Jesus went into the desert for forty days , where he was said to be tempted by Satan (Muller , B . 1997 ) He left the wilderness after the arrest and imprisonment of John the Baptist . At that point , Jesus is said to have traveled to Galilee , where he spend a good deal of time working in Capernaum (Muller , B . 1997 )He also began to speak about the teachings of John The Baptist , and garnered respect as a leader of men as he approached his 30th year . It is at this time that tales of Jesus healing the sick begin to arise (Muller , B . 1997 . As his reputation spread , he became harassed by the crowds of the sick and poor in Capernaum . Jesus reported acts of healing , calming the seas , walking on water , and feeding multitudes with short supplies . As he attracted followers , Jesus began to preach his primary messages . He spoke of the poor being blessed by God , the need to find salvation through faith , and generally being nice to one-another . In the spring following the execution of John The Baptist , which coincided with the furor associated with Jesus ' healing of the sick , Jesus came to Jerusalem , and was met with great acclaim (Muller , B . 1997 ) The locals began to refer to him as Son Of David (i .e : King of the Jews (Muller , B . 1997 ) He famously cast the moneylenders from the Temple of Jerusalem the next day . His behavior and the accolades from the crowds disturbed...