The Criterion for Religions — Page 24
24 Mi'yiirul Madhahib paternal grandmother, was Rehab, the harlot, i. e. , a prostitute. (See Joshua 2: 1) The second maternal grandmother, who, in one sense, was also a paternal grandmother, was named Tamar. She was a woman of easy virtue like professional prostitutes. (See Genesis 38:16-30) Another maternal grandmother of Jesus, who in one sense was also a paternal grandmother of his, is known by the name of Bath-Sheba. She was none other than the 'pious' one who committed adul- tery with David. 5 (See 2 Samuel 11). Now, the maternal and paternal grandmothers must obviously have been apprised of Jesus' Atonement and they must have believed in it, for the Christians believe as a matter of principle that earlier Prophetsas and their followers were given the same teaching of Atonement and that they were redeemed only because of this be- lief. Now, if it is supposed that Jesus' crucifixion saves one from sin, then Jesus' maternal and paternal grandmothers should have been saved from adultery and illicit sex. It would similarly follow that while the 5 Note: Our lord and master the Holy Prophetsa says: In the long chain of my mothers, beginning with my own mother and going back right up to Eve, no one along the line was adulterous or of loose morals, nor was any male along the line adulterous or of bad morals. But according to the Chris- tian's own belief, the birth of their God is contaminated with the blood of three adulterous women, whereas what is written in the Torah regarding the offspring of adulterous women is no secret. !Author I