I came across a very interesting book, during my on going investigation into early christian devotion to Jesus (p) by author David M. Lita, titled “Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God”. After checking the author credentials… Read More ›
Tony Perkins is president of the American Family Research Council and an ordained minister. He probably thinks it is beneath himself to reply to my humble tweet, but it raises a real issue that is not usually confronted by church… Read More ›
Dr Bart D. Ehrman met Dr Justin W. Bass on September 18th, 2015 in Collin College Preston Ridge Conference Center Frisco, TX Auditorium. Did Jesus really claim to be God? In an age of social media, skepticism and doubt, the… Read More ›
Nazam sent me an email from Professor Bart Ehrman..
Nabeel is studying theology at Oxford University so I was a little surprised to read on twitter he is still trotting out ideas his teachers would view as untenable. Will he never learn? Dr Shabir Ally and Ejaaz… Read More ›
A fascinating and scholarly discussion asking (and answering convincingly!) how a Jewish prophet became the Second Person of the Trinity.
Professor Pete Enns is a biblical scholar, theologian, and writer. He is perhaps best known for his book Inspiration and Incarnation (which I have read) which challenged conservative/mainstream Evangelical methods of biblical interpretation. He posted the following article today on his blog:… Read More ›
Bart Ehrman has just posted this on his Facebook page. The title above and the bold highlights below are mine. For the complete article visit Facebook. In my previous post I started to explain why, based on the testimony of… Read More ›
The fundamentalist commonly identifies himself not as a fundamentalist but as an evangelical, and their evangelical identity is of great importance to them. It is of extreme importance to fundamentalists to defend the unitary authorship of the Book of Isaiah,… Read More ›
“The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence and therefore in an equal sense God himself. And the other express declaration is also lacking, that God is God thus… Read More ›
The Book of Isaiah is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus – or so we are told. In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 53 I have… Read More ›
The Book of Daniel is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the coming Messiah – or so we are told. In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 7 I have always been… Read More ›
this excerpt from a Bart Ehrman talk tells the fascinating story of Erasmus and the Trinity verse.
Religious scholar Hamza Yusuf discusses the arc of Islamic civilization, the causes of Middle East conflict, and running the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. By Scott MacLeod © 2015 The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. As… Read More ›
The experience of studying the Quest for the historical Jesus can be a discouraging one for a conservative Christian. I know this from personal experience. Dale C. Allison Jr., Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, explains why: ‘…those… Read More ›
Jesus Loves His Enemies…and Then Kills Them All by Danios on April 23, 2011 on Loonwatch.com This article is part 5 of LoonWatch’s Understanding Jihad Series. Please read my “disclaimer”, which explains my intentions behind writing this article: The Understanding Jihad Series: Is Islam… Read More ›
UPDATE Muhammad Asad has updated this review by adding a section on the Gospel of John (with important references) and updated #4 with a citation by Professor James Tabor. **** Ijaz Ahmad debated Dr Tony Costa on the topic of… Read More ›
reblogged from Nazam’s facebook page By trying to understand the Pauline school scriptures (the whole N.T), you really are shooting yourself in the foot. We’re talking about the same scriptures which have two letters by Peter, both of which are… Read More ›
Sam Shamoun and Lying Part 2 Shabir Ally October 1, 2015 Now that I am back in Toronto, and have access to my books, I am able to write a more telling response to Sam and his accusation about lying…. Read More ›
Sam Shamoun and Lying By Shabir Ally published (with permission) September 30, 2015 During my debate with David Wood on ABNSAT, Sam Shamoun called in to challenge one of my statements. According to my statement, Robert Gundry said that the… Read More ›
On September 18th, 2015, Dr Justin Bass and Dr Bart Ehrman engaged in a debate on the topic, “Did the historical Jesus claim to be divine?” The debate took place at Collin College in Frisco, Texas. Ehrman won. It’s as… Read More ›
Just published on Christianity in Antiquity (CIA): The Bart Ehrman Blog In yesterday’s post I indicated that I really very much wish that we could have some of the writings produced by Paul’s opponents in Galatia. They believed that… Read More ›
This is a representative view of a top scholar on the gospels
‘On March 29th, 2014, Bart D. Ehrman and Simon J. Gathercole were invited as radio guests by moderator Justin Brierley on radio show “Unbelievable,” a weekly program on UK Premier Christian Radio. They debate Bart’s explosive book ‘How Jesus Became… Read More ›
There is very good evidence to suggest they do. Discussion of The Resurrection of the Dead Saints in Matthew 27. Even leading Christian apologist William Lane Craig does not defend this story as historical.
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A mouth-watering new post on Professor Bart Ehrman’s webpage. I wish I was doing this course 😦 Course Description This class focuses on one of the foundational disciplines of biblical studies. New Testament textual criticism has experienced a significant resurgence… Read More ›
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 ›
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