Abstract
Long the subject of dispute among both scholars and apologists, the Gospel of Barnabas has been the focus of intense interest since it was translated into English by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg in 1907. After surveying the various stances assumed by scholars regarding the text's origins and authorship, this article suggests a fresh perspective, presenting strong internal evidence that the author was a Carmelite monk of Cyprus who converted from Christianity to Islam. This suggestion is consistent both with the history of the text itself and with the history of the Carmelites in the 'Latin East'; avoiding some of the extravagances of earlier theories, it provides a new point of departure for further research.
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