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Showing posts with label Bart Ehrman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bart Ehrman. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Ehrman’s Definition of Textual Criticism

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Following our discussion of that Dan Wallace quote about not being overly skeptical about identifying the original text of the NT, here’s a...
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Monday, March 25, 2019

A Non-Evangelical Reads Misquoting Jesus

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Bart Ehrman has from time to time expressed surprise that Christians and particularly Evangelicals reacted so negatively to his book Misquo...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Evaluating Ehrman’s Comparative Argument for Textual Unreliability

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We have discussed at some length on this blog the value (or lack thereof) of what I called the comparative argument for the reliability of ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Matthew 24:36 and Rapture Predictions

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In case you missed, it there was another end-times prediction for yesterday . A ‘biblical numerologist’ who goes by ‘David Meade’—no rela...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Kruger on Ehrman’s Latest

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Over at the Gospel Coalition, Mike Kruger has a review of Bart Ehrman’s latest book . It’s another popular volume, this one on why Christi...
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Monday, January 08, 2018

Nothing new under the (skeptical) sun

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The Swiss Protestant divine, Louis Gaussen (1790–1863)  Sometimes it’s useful to remember that most of objections to the Bible have b...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

What goes around comes around

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Sometimes we need to know the history of our discipline better. In his brief bio of Kirsopp Lake in the Dictionary of Major Biblical Interp...
Monday, July 03, 2017

C. S. Lewis: Why the miracle of inspiration does not require the miracle of preservation

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In his little book on miracles, C. S. Lewis has a chapter explaining why miracles should not be thought of as breaking the laws of nature. ...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Armin Baum Responds to Ehrman on Pseudepigraphy

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In the latest issue of JBL , Armin Baum has a response to Bart Ehrman on pseudepigraphy. In his big book on forgery in early Christian pol...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Special ETS Session: Growing Up in the Ehrman Era

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It’s just over ten years since Bart Ehrman published his bestselling Misquoting Jesus  ( reviewed here ) and almost ten years since Christa...
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Monday, May 08, 2017

What Is the Value of the Comparative Argument for the Reliability of the NT Text?

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There is a common apologetic argument that says we should be far less skeptical about the text of the NT than we are for the text of other ...
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Friday, February 24, 2017

Two Third-Century Papyri in John 1:34

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I am currently writing a chapter for an edited volume, where I treat a number of early scribal alterations relating to Christology. Th...
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Friday, February 12, 2016

“How Did Jesus Become God?” Livestream

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I’m not sure if they still count as blog contributors, but later today Mike Bird and Simon Gathercole will be participating in the annual G...
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Friday, July 10, 2015

Who Said It?

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A little fun for your Friday. See if you can guess the source of the following quote. (Remember, it’s no fun if you ask Google.) “ If the...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

“Misquoting Manuscripts? The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture Revisited”

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I have published a new essay, “Misquoting Manuscripts? The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture Revisited” in the following volume: Magnus Ze...
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