tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post6732036262515040358..comments2024-03-29T00:57:56.876+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Myths and Mistakes Now AvailableP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-60599300746016275722019-12-04T13:21:15.150+00:002019-12-04T13:21:15.150+00:00This is a great book and one that needed to be wri...This is a great book and one that needed to be written. I just posted my review here: https://niedergall.com/book-review-myths-and-mistakes-in-new-testament-textual-criticism/Brent Niedergallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-71404960081090001432019-11-13T13:29:52.160+00:002019-11-13T13:29:52.160+00:00I haven't read any of the book. But I did atte...I haven't read any of the book. But I did attend an ETS session where the chapters were presented as papers. And I don't recall anything in any of them that at any point gave support to any claims against the reliability of the NT.<br /><br />What are some things in the book that you thought did that?Eric Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379106188046530722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-32087744977452987012019-11-13T13:27:36.686+00:002019-11-13T13:27:36.686+00:00In that case, I'm buying the book! Not that I ...In that case, I'm buying the book! Not that I expect to agree with everything in it, but we need to strengthen or remove those weak links in the chain.Matthew Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13392983543124826157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-14111305582432231542019-11-13T09:42:49.173+00:002019-11-13T09:42:49.173+00:00If planes are unsafe to fly, it's better for e...If planes are unsafe to fly, it's better for everybody if they stay grounded. That doesn't mean flying is unsafe, just flying in those particular planes.<br /><br />There are lots of reasons to trust that our New Testaments are reliable, and there is no shortage of books written to that end. Still, there are enough 'unsafe planes' to merit a book about why we shouldn't be hanging a lot of weight on *those* reasons. The book is not an apologetics book, and it would be a mistake to read it thinking that it is. Instead, what I personally hope the book will accomplish is all downstream—that we'll see better apologetics books written down the road. The main goal of this book is not to present new arguments for the reliability of the New Testament text but to help trim away the 'bad' ones (by showing why they are 'bad', whether outdated, built on unproven assumptions, factually wrong, etc.) so that apologetics books 5–10 years from now will be on much firmer ground on this issue. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.Elijah Hixsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816323223305820788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-62068769029692219152019-11-11T15:44:54.019+00:002019-11-11T15:44:54.019+00:00Nope. By 'gets better,' I mean stops shoot...Nope. By 'gets better,' I mean stops shooting planes down and starts putting a few in the air. Reliability of the NT planes. :-) jbborenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917021408343032334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-73867797611927557012019-11-10T08:31:20.399+00:002019-11-10T08:31:20.399+00:00I sincerely hope that by 'gets better' you...I sincerely hope that by 'gets better' you don't mean 'begins to affirm other inaccuracies I've been fed and pass on to others'. Peter Malikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270874379279604671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-12676462634984040002019-11-08T14:25:30.783+00:002019-11-08T14:25:30.783+00:00Got mine on Tuesday (Amazon). I've read the fi...Got mine on Tuesday (Amazon). I've read the first two chapters. Pretty rough...right now it seems like there is NO evidence for the reliability of the NT. Y'all threw out everything.<br /><br />I sure hope it gets better!<br /><br />:-|jbborenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917021408343032334noreply@blogger.com