Category Archives: Prophet Yahya in Islam
For My Lady Feat. Agron Belica
Jay R. Crook, Ph.D. Global News Centre
For My Lady is a heartfelt tribute to the First Lady of the Belica household that includes a talented artistic husband and three active boys. Shakespeare had not met a woman like Gentiana Topalli when he wrote, “Frailty, thy name is woman.” Gentiana is slim, attractive, and ready with a gentle smile, but there is nothing frail about her. She is the strong, patient, and much-loved linchpin of the Belica household.
And she is a survivor and a savior:
A Master Of His Craft
Jay R. Crook, Ph.D. Global News Centre
In his latest song, Agron Belica throws down his gauntlet before the artistic world. While paraphrasing the wisdom of the revolutionary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and invoking the spirit of the great Persian poet and mystic, Jallaluddin Rumi and his whirling dervish followers, Agron takes his stand and demands to be heard. Well done, Agron! Yours is a voice and a message to be reckoned with. Pay attention, world!
Book Review: “Remarkable Thesis” M. Dennis Paul, Ph.D.
Global News Centre Special
I am impressed with the amount of detail Agron, as well his editor and good friend Jay R. Crook, have used in composing this remarkable thesis.
Review: Is it possible that Jesus did not die on the cross?
The Passion of the Baptist, Not the Christ
Global News Centre
As an avid reader of the Holy Bible, how many countless times have you drawn your own interpretations, and conclusions? How many versions of the Bible have you read, comparing ancient manuscripts to modern day Scripture?
As an open minded reader in faith, and Christianity, has your bias lead you directly to extensive research on the words, and works of Christ? Is it possible that Jesus did not die on the cross?
Film by Jamal, Benjamin, and Alexander Belica
“I met Agron Belica at an unusual interfaith conference in New York City. He was a professional, but also a passionate man. I soon discovered that my friend is at once a writer, a singer, and a man of many hobbies. His book on who actually was on the cross caused a stir in academia, yet Agron is not an academician. I was surprised to hear my friend’s songs, which again were artistically moving; yet, my friend is neither a professional musician nor a poet. Agron and I discovered a spiritual affinity between us, which I cannot explain. It is beautiful and enriching.” -Professor Mahmoud Ayoub Hartford Seminary
Global News Centre
RE: A Musician Well Ahead of His Time, Ace Releases ‘Unleashed’
Tim King Global News Centre
(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Agron Belica is gaining a larger audience every day with his songs about disaster and human suffering. He is ahead of his time and the world is struggling to keep up with him.
Crucifixion theory: “Misdirection at it’s best” - Agron Belica (New Video)
Global News Centre
(BOSTON) – Recent research embodied in a new book by Agron Belica invites our attention to the predicament of John the Baptist, popularly known for little more than the story of his beheading by order of Herod Antipas at the behest of a seductive dancing girl, the infamous Salome.
His book, The Passion of the Baptist, Not the Christ, arguing from the chronological and historical evidence provided by the ancient Jewish historian Josephus and the New Testament about John, demonstrates that the story of his beheading is almost certainly spurious. Comparison with the writings of Josephus gives the lie to this scenario for, as the detailed scrutiny and evaluation of Josephus’s text shows, Herod Antipas probably did not order John’s execution until 36 CE, half a dozen years later than most datings of the event of the crucifixion. Belica suggests that it was the Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) who was placed on the cross and survived the ordeal and not Jesus, in a case of mistaken identity.
John the Baptist, Not Jesus on the Cross?
“Checkmate!”
Global News Centre Special Report
(BOSTON) - Recent research embodied in a new book by Agron Belica invites our attention to the predicament of John the Baptist, popularly known for little more than the story of his beheading by order of Herod Antipas at the behest of a seductive dancing girl, the infamous Salome.
His book, The Passion of the Baptist, Not the Christ, arguing from the chronological and historical evidence provided by the ancient Jewish historian Josephus and the New Testament about John, demonstrates that the story of his beheading is almost certainly spurious. Comparison with the writings of Josephus gives the lie to this scenario for, as the detailed scrutiny and evaluation of Josephus’s text shows, Herod Antipas probably did not order John’s execution until 36 CE, half a dozen years later than most datings of the event of the crucifixion. Belica suggests that it was the Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) who was placed on the cross and survived the ordeal and not Jesus, in a case of mistaken identity.
The Revival of the Prophet Yahya by Agron Belica
Prophet Yahya in Islam
Global News Centre
“The three essays by Agron Belica included in this little volume represent preparatory steps in the assembling of his revolutionary theories about John the Baptist/Yahya. The results of his studies achieved their full treatment in The Passion of the Baptist, Not the Christ, a controversial book that vigorously challenges the conventional view of John as little more than the baptizer of Jesus and the herald of his messiahship. The John/Yahya that Belica’s work has brought forth from the shadows of history is a major prophet in his own right with an independent stature and mission. These articles concentrate principally on the Islamic side of his theses.” —Dr. Jay R. Crook, author of The Bible: An Islamic Perspective series
Translations and Commentaries of the Quran May Need Revision
Global News Centre
For centuries, Muslims have assumed that John the Baptist (Yahya), like Jesus, never married or sired children. This is in accordance with Christian tradition, but, Belica argues, there is no cogent reason for Muslims to accept this belief. On the contrary, he says, this view of Yahya is inconsistent with the text of the Quran.
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