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Who is the Evil Angel in the Epistle of Barnabas? Are the Rabbis Satanic?
.The Epistle of Barnabas is one of the three oldest extra-biblical Christian texts that we possess, likely dating before AD 100.
- Didache
- Epistle of Clement of Rome
- Epistle of Barnabas

Brief history of the Epistle of Barnabas:
- The Epistle of Barnabas dates between AD 70 and AD 135 with an attribution to the Apostle Barnabas, the co-missionary with the Apostle Paul. “When the apostles Barnabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people, crying.” (Acts 14:13) Barnabas speaks of the Jerusalem temple being destroyed, an event that happened in AD 70.
- Barnabas is quite familiar with New Testament literature and he refers to or cites Matthew, John, Romans, 1 Corinthains, Hebrews, and 1 Peter.
- The complete text of Barnabas is preserved in the 4th-century Codex Sinaiticus. It appears at the end of the New Testament, following the Book of Revelation and before the Shepherd of Hermas.
- Some early Fathers of the Church ascribed it to the Barnabas mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. Early Egyptian Christians, namely Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and Didymus the Blind quoted from Barnabas. May scholars today attribute it to an otherwise unknown early Christian teacher. I personally believe it was written by Saint Barnabas, who appears in Acts. The theological argument corresponds closely to the theology of Paul’s Galatians and Hebrews (yes, I also believe Paul is the author of Hebrews with Luke as a writer).
Who is the Evil Angel?
Barnabas on the Deception of Food Laws
- Swine: Forgetfulness of God and ingratitude
- Eagle, Hawk, Kite, Crow: Stealing dead meat as injustice, oppression, and greed
- Fish Without Scales: Instability and wickedness living at the bottom in darkness
- Rabbit: Sexual immorality, pederasty and promiscuity
- Hyena: Sexual perversion and transgenderism
- Weasel: Sins of the mouth, such as slander and oral sodomy
Is the Evil Angel the Demiurge or Satan?
Satan as Evil Angel
44 You are of your father the devil and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father thereof.
45 But if I say the truth, you believe me not.
46 Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me?
47 He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God.
Jesus Christ infallibly teaches that the Jews rejecting Him:
- Have the devil as their father.
- Perform the desires of their father, the devil.
- Are not of God.
Conclusion
The Jews standing before Jesus Christ misinterpreted the entire Old Testament due to “the devil” who is the “evil angel” according to Barnabas.
John 8 and Barnabas 10 reveal a major theological argument in early Christian teaching that the Judaism of the First Century was not authentic, but truly Satanic.
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