Editing Gospel of Barnabas (section)

=== {{anchor|Anti-Pauline tones}}Anti-Pauline tone ===
Scholarly analysis indicates that the Gospel of Barnabas had an anti-Pauline tone, most clearly shown in its prologue and epilogue; these depict Paul preaching a perverted version of Jesus' teachings, and as "deceived" in thinking that Jesus was God (or the [[Son of God (Christianity)|Son of God]]).<ref name="Sox" />{{rp|12, 20–21}}<ref name="Blachirst">{{Cite journal |url=https://depts.drew.edu/jhc/Blackhirst_Barnabas.html |journal=[[Journal of Higher Criticism]] |title=Barnabas and the Gospels: Was There an Early Gospel of Barnabas? |date=Spring 2000 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1–22 |last=Blackhirst |first=R. |issn=1075-7139 |access-date=2022-06-03 |archive-date=2020-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220215957/https://depts.drew.edu/jhc/Blackhirst_Barnabas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In his ''Connecting with Muslims: A Guide to Communicating Effectively'' (2014), Lebanese author and Christian missionary Fouad Masri called the gospel anachronistic; in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], Barnabas was Paul's best friend and not an enemy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Connecting with Muslims: A Guide to Communicating Effectively |date=2014 |last=Masri |first=Fouad |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=978-08-30895-90-8 }}</ref>{{rp|165–166}} For the ''[[Journal of Higher Criticism]]'', R. Blackhirst wrote that the [[Epistle to the Galatians]] account of conflict between Paul and Barnabas may have been why the gospel's author attributed it to Barnabas.<ref name="Blachirst" />