This impromptu debate I had with a Christian from Texas has proved to be quite popular on youtube.
Bible
God-breathed error
Professor Ehrman makes a good point below. As a committed evangelical Christian I wrestled with the problem of Paul’s error for a very long time. But seriously folks he was just a man who got some things very wrong, and… Read More ›
Does Mark teach that Jesus is God?
This fascinating article is reblogged from the unitarian Christian site which is run by Dale Tuggy a Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, where he teaches courses in theology and philosophy of religion. Battle of the Bible Bloggers. New… Read More ›
The Christ of the Apocalypse: No More Mr Nice Guy.
No longer loving his enemies – now he slaughters them..
The problem with reading the Bible with Jesus-tinted glasses
The problem with reading the Bible with Jesus tinted glasses: a talk by Rabbi Michael Skobac Christian missionaries insist that the New Testament is the inerrant word of God and the fulfillment of the Jewish Bible, the Tenach, which Christians… Read More ›
The problem of forgery in the New Testament
Bart Ehrman visits Google Cambridge located in Cambridge, MA on April 7, 2011 to discuss his new book at that time called Forged. In his talk he explains how ancient writers sometimes falsely claimed to be a famous person in… Read More ›
An American missionary based in London criticises Professor Bart Ehrman on the Quran.
Jay Smith is an American missionary based in London who campaigns full-time against Muslims and Islam, especially at Speakers Corner where his tirades against Islam are notorious. I was sent the following article written by J. Smith, hot off the… Read More ›
Can only God forgive sins?
Sir Anthony Buzzard is a biblical scholar, unitarian Christian theologian, author and professor on the faculty of Atlanta Bible College. This interesting video was published yesterday.
The most popular book of all time isn’t Harry Potter
Today’s London Metro has this story: ‘It’s not exactly a ripping yarn, but the Quran is the most popular book of all time. The religious text has been translated into 50 different languages, has nearly 400 editions and more than… Read More ›
David Wood destroyed by Bart Ehrman
More importantly, Ehrman demolishes the widespread fundamentalist view of the Bible as inerrant and textually uncorrupt.
A challenge from within
The Revd Christopher Tuckett is a British biblical scholar and Anglican priest. He is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Pembroke College. His analysis (below) is widely shared by other NT scholars…. Read More ›
Jesus’ successors and legacy
Some insightful excerpts from The Jesus Dynasty by James D. Tabor, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina. “Although the followers of Jesus reshaped themselves under the new leadership of James, and eventually returned to Jerusalem, there might… Read More ›
Some reflections on Jesus and the Quran
The American anti-Islam Christian apologist Sam Shamoun recently issued a challenge to me concerning the Quranic narratives about Jesus. He writes: ‘if you are consistent then doesn’t it trouble you that no bonafide NT scholar or historian would ever… Read More ›
Rabbi Tovia Singer – How do the Jews understand the term ‘Son of God’ in the Bible?
an excellent presentation
So ‘we’ passages in Genesis have nothing to do with a Trinity…
Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image… ‘Genesis 1 vv 26-28: The plural construction (let us…) most likely reflects a setting in the divine council (cf. 1 Kings 22:19-22; Isa. ch 6; Job chs 1-2): God the… Read More ›
What is Porneia to a 1st Century Jew?
Reblogged from Scot McKnight, a Christian professor of New Testament studies The term porneia is a Greek term that has two basic meanings: 1. Sex with a prostitute; prostitution. 2. Sexual immorality in general. The issue for biblical studies is two-fold: (1) which… Read More ›
Reading the Bible Like Conservatives Read the Qur’an
Here is an interesting bit of sensible Christian commentary on the Bible vs Quran debate raging on social media at the moment. The author might also have mentioned the advice St Paul gave to young Timothy about how to treat… Read More ›
Jesus’s argument in John 10
reblogged from TRINITIES You think that Jesus was good. But do you also think that Jesus was smart? So smart, that you have to carefully weigh his statements and carefully parse his arguments? I do. In this post, I submit… Read More ›
If Jesus was god, then in what sense was he god?
A question discussed in The Divine Pyramid by Bart Ehrman In my previous posts I have been insisting that if one wants to say that “Jesus is God” according to an early Christian text, one has to ask “in what… Read More ›
Why was the Gospel of John attributed to John?
reblogged from Bart’s blog Some of the same objections to Matthew having written the First Gospel apply to John the son of Zebedee having written the Fourth. Unlike Matthew, John did not copy any of our other Gospel sources, and… Read More ›
Jesus and Paul Compared and Contrasted
reblogged from Dr Ehrman’s Blog I have been talking about the relationship of Jesus’ proclamation of the coming Kingdom of God to Paul’s preaching about the importance of the death and resurrection of Jesus. In the previous post I argued… Read More ›
A brief overview of New Testament studies on the gospels
Who did other people think Jesus was? What did Jesus think of himself? Biblical scholars have been writing about these very questions for generations now. If you want a sure guide through the complexities of this subject (known as ‘Christology’)… Read More ›
Professor Bart Ehrman sets the record straight
reblogged from Dr Ehrman’s Facebook page QUESTION TO DR EHRMAN: In my talks with my family I have referenced your work, and my family typically rolls their eyes and tells me that they hold no respect for your work. When… Read More ›
Gospel of Matthew: followers of Jesus must follow the law of Moses, not abandon it
reblogged from Bart’s blog Matthew’s “Filling Full” of Scripture In the last post I indicated one way that Matthew understood Jesus to have fulfilled Scripture – a prophet predicted something about the messiah (to be born of a virgin;… Read More ›
P52 – shocking news
Did anyone notice this passing comment about P52 in Bart Erhman’s latest post about the alleged early fragment of Mark? ‘So it would be a significant piece, and, arguably, the first to be dated this early (P52 is usually dated… Read More ›
Why I’d Be Thrilled If A First-Century Manuscript Appeared
reblogged from Bart’s blog In several posts I have been emphasizing – possibly over-emphasizing – that if a first-century fragment of the Gospel of Mark does ever get published, and if it is in *fact* from the first century (which,… Read More ›
Seven common misconceptions about the Hebrew Bible
reblogged from the Oxford University Press blog Everyone talks about the Bible, though few have read it cover to cover. This is not surprising—some sections of the Bible are difficult to understand without a commentary, others are tedious, and still others are… Read More ›
Interesting observation..
screen print of a comment left on Bart Ehrman’s blog
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