Medieval Muslim commentators held Judas was crucified in Jesusâs place
Evidence
This was the only place where Tripoli thought he should elucidate the text, the idea that the Jews slandered Christ by claiming to have crucified Him. In order to do so he had recourse to Islamic sources, to the commentators of the Qurâan âon the false opinion of the death of Christâ. On this authority Tripoli explained that it was Islamic belief that Judas was crucified in place of Christ, whose likeness he had received. This careful distinction between the commentators and the Qurâan is part of Tripoliâs very rare respect for the text. Tripoli added that Muslims thought it would be contrary to Godâs justice that the innocent should suffer. â Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 944
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: how widely established was the Judas-substitution reading in medieval Islamic exegesis, and does any canonical hadith support it?
- XREF: connects to: Medieval Christians knew the Islamic Judas-substitution theory of the crucifixion