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Redeemed Zoomer takes us through the basics of Christianity in an attempt to make things more clear. Wish List: https://throne.com/vicedrhinoCards:Answering All The Answers To All Atheist Arguments!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8eNEBUeWc10 Things that Make No Sense about Christianity...#4 will BLOW YOUR MIND! (sorry I couldn't resist):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkI1wxzPUisOnly CHRISTIANITY Can Answer! It's Just...a BAD Answer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roiALe0nkBgOriginal Video: https://tinyurl.com/2ykgg7r8Sources:Bart D. Ehrman. Misquoting Jesus. HarperCollins, 2005.Laws of Thought: https://tinyurl.com/y83x7wfePsalm 82:1 in All English Translations: https://tinyurl.com/2a2pnhzxCapital Punishment: https://tinyurl.com/247ku2zeJudicial Procedure in New Testament Time: https://tinyurl.com/26unk6seAll my various links can be found here:http://links.vicedrhino.comThis content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.orgBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/viced-rhino-the-podcast--4623273/support.
The fear of death is an experience common to most of humanity - in fact, one of the oldest pieces of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh, shows one man's struggle with that very fear. Christianity's promise of heaven provides a safe haven from that fear - but what did Jesus think about life after death? Today on Misquoting Jesus, Dr. Bart Ehrman discusses what the Gospels tell us about Jesus' thoughts and beliefs surrounding death, and to ask whether he would even have recognized our modern concept of an eternal paradise.
Today on Misquoting Jesus, we're talking about what "born-again" means, how a born-again Christian considers themselves different from other Christians, and what Jesus would have thought about the whole thing. As a former born-again Christian, Dr. Bart Ehrman is here to explain all of this and more!
Could the preacher from Galilee read and write? Let's examine thought provoking arguments regarding the writings of Jesus of Nazareth. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast available at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Did Jesus Exist? by Bart D. Ehrman at https://amzn.to/455AEqu Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Catholic Answers Live podcast available at https://amzn.to/47IB5Yk Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World podcast at https://amzn.to/3YJpTqZ Books by Jimmy Akin available at https://amzn.to/3shLkD8 ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio Credits: Misquoting Jesus podcast with Bart Ehrman (episode 11apr2023, titled: Did Jesus Even Exist?); The Bart Ehrman Blog Podcast (episode 01nov2020: The Jewish Messiah); Catholics Answers Live with Jimmy Akin (Jesus writings, episode 11841, 09sep2024); Catholic Answers Encyclopedia: Why Didn't Jesus Write Anything Down? by Jon Sorensen (10/6/2014). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How would you respond if I told you that, actually, Judas was the only disciple who understood what Jesus was doing on earth? Or that I said that Jesus is unrelated to the God who created the world? Or that the God who created the world is not the same as the one who created humans? From a modern Christian point of view, those are blasphemous statements - some more so than others, yet they are all paraphrasing an early Christian Gnostic text, known as the Gospel of Judas. Join us today on Misquoting Jesus to find out more about this surprising, esoteric gospel, and to learn the secrets of the world according to the Gnostics.
In preparation for our upcoming episode on the failed second coming of Jesus, we decided to replay this interview with one of our Exvangelical heroes, Bart Ehrman. If you haven't yet heard this interview then you're in for a treat, and if you have heard it before, we know you'll love it all over again.Dr Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An expert on the New Testament and the history of Early Christianity, he has written or edited thirty books, numerous scholarly articles, and dozens of book reviews. Six of his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list. Brian and Troy talk to Bart about his own teenage fundamentalism and his upcoming book, Armageddon: What the Bible really says about the end. In this conversation, Bart delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, Revelation. You can connect with Bart via his blog: The Bart Ehrman Blog, his website: Bart D. Ehrman, and his podcast: Misquoting Jesus. Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
A Second-Anniversary LIVE Q&A! Listeners ask their questions, and Bart tries to answer them. Rapid fire for an hour!
The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are widely understood to be a two-volume set, written by a single author. Given that we've spoken before on Misquoting Jesus about how difficult it is to identify authors of ancient texts, why are scholars so sure that these two texts share the same author? Who was that author, and why write two books when they could have written one?!
Was Jesus of Nazareth an Apocalyptic Preacher? What is the Apocalypse? Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Did Jesus Exist? by Bart D. Ehrman at https://amzn.to/455AEqu Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet by Bart Ehrman at https://amzn.to/3TTcLy1 Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio Credit: Misquoting Jesus podcast with Bart Ehrman (episode 11apr2023, titled: Did Jesus Even Exist?); The Bart Ehrman Blog Podcast (episode 01nov2020: The Jewish Messiah; The Bart Ehrman Blog Podcast (episode: non-apocalyptic Christianity, 27dec2020). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Misquoting Jesus - our 100th episode! In keeping with our centesimal celebration (hey, it's a word!), we're going to be exploring the world of Christianity 100 years after Jesus' death. Was Christianity still a small, persecuted offshoot of apocalyptic Judaism, or had it spread far and wide? Was it still an apocalyptic religion, and what theological disagreements had occurred? Megan has the questions, and Bart, as always, has the answers.
Was Jesus of Nazareth the Jewish Messiah? What is a Messiah? Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Source: Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast, episode “Is Paul the Founder of Christianity?” Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank's guest is Dr. Craig Evans, Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Christian University and a featured scholar in the documentary film, Fragments of Truth: Ancient Documents, New Discoveries. Hank and Dr. Evans discuss if we can trust the Bible, how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives, how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts, if the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered is true, and the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy.
On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (08/12/24), we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank's guest is Dr. Craig Evans, Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Christian University and a featured scholar in the documentary film, Fragments of Truth: Ancient Documents, New Discoveries. Hank and Dr. Evans discuss if we can trust the Bible, how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives, how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts, if the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered is true, and the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy.
On this week's Misquoting Jesus, we're turning the metaphorical table and Bart is interviewing Megan! Everyone watching is familiar with Dr. Bart Ehrman, renowned New Testament scholar and New York Times bestselling author…but who on earth is Megan? How did she make her way from the study of ancient Mesopotamia to host a New Testament and Early Christianity podcast? If she's an academic, why doesn't she work in a university somewhere? Where does she get all of her glasses? Stay tuned for all of that, and so much more!
We continue investigating the mid-to-late second century apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Christopher A. Frilingos books https://amzn.to/3KnIMsQ Infancy Gospel of Thomas https://amzn.to/3wIW9ko Protevangelium or Gospel of James available at https://amzn.to/3ZwTm81 THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Audio Credit: Misquoting Jesus podcast with Bart Ehrman (episode 56, 14nov2023, titled: He's a Very Naughty Boy: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas) with guest Christopher A. Frilingos. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Let's further explore the Infancy Gospel of Thomas—one of the most peculiar and intriguing non-canonical accounts of Jesus' life from outside the New Testament. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Christopher A. Frilingos books https://amzn.to/3KnIMsQ Infancy Gospel of Thomas https://amzn.to/3wIW9ko Protevangelium or Gospel of James available at https://amzn.to/3ZwTm81 THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Audio Credit: Misquoting Jesus podcast with Bart Ehrman (episode 56, 14nov2023, titled: He's a Very Naughty Boy: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas) with guest Christopher A. Frilingos. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Infancy gospels or protoevangelions are a genre of religious texts that arose in the 2nd century. They are part of New Testament apocrypha, and provide accounts of the birth and early life of Jesus. The texts are of various and uncertain origin, and are generally non-canonical in major modern branches of Christianity. They include the Gospel of James, which introduces the concept of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (not to be confused with the unrelated Gospel of Thomas), both of which cover many miraculous incidents from the life of Mary and the childhood of Jesus that are not included in the canonical gospels. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Christopher A. Frilingos books https://amzn.to/3KnIMsQ Infancy Gospel of Thomas https://amzn.to/3wIW9ko Protevangelium or Gospel of James available at https://amzn.to/3ZwTm81 THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Audio Credit: Misquoting Jesus podcast with Bart Ehrman (episode 56, 14nov2023, titled: He's a Very Naughty Boy: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas) with guest Christopher A. Frilingos. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In an absolutely shocking turn of events, Bart has learned of a first-century Gospel that will overturn everything scholars think they know about Jesus, showing that he was a charlatan exposed by the Roman government for duping the Jewish crowds by sophisticated works of magic. The Gospel, set to be published this week by the NY Times, details how Jesus deliberately faked his famous miracles in an effort to seek fame and fortune. How did he go from magician-for-hire to Son of God, and was the crucifixion a tragic illusion gone wrong? Join us this week on Misquoting Jesus to find out more.
Do we still believe in God? Let's chat losing belief, spiritual encounters, and leaving the church "just to sin"! Emily introduces the new co-host of CGGB and former guest, Heather Leith. We talk about where we've been since the listeners last heard from us and spill the tea on why Lauren is no longer hosting.Heather comes out as an atheist! She explains how she went from identifying as a progressive Christian back in Season 1 to now being a big, bad ex-Christian. She discusses how digging into her faith caused it to fall apart and where she finds meaning now as a nonbeliever. Emily chats about her newfound freedom in being curious without certainty as the end goal, and shares about a recent spiritual experience that she can't quite explain. She also talks about being more settled in her post-evangelical life and why she's not going as crazy for deconstruction stuff as she used to.We also touch on:Developing a sexual ethic without purity culture telling you what to do"Church hurt" and what happens when you were the one doing the hurtingHow heartbreaking deconstruction can be when you're in the middle of itFeeling brainwashed about women pastors in the pastThinking they were cool for going to "deep" churchesShit-talking the Southern Baptist ConventionSecretly watching debates with atheists while at Bible collegeStay bad, Baddies!Resources mentioned in the episode:The Atheist Experience YouTube channel — Heather likes Matt Dillahunty and Forrest Valkai episodes in particular, but beware this channel can get INTENSE!Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus podcast — Helpful for understanding how the gospels were written and how the Bible was put togetherSome podcasts that Emily's partner works on that you might like:- You Have Permission- EmergedThis Dear Evan Hansen song lolBe a Baddie with us on social media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/churchgirlsgonebad/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@churchgirlsgonebadpod?_t=8kRHLVzQ9oB&_r=1
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss of faith, the most convincing argument in defense of Christianity, the status of miracles, the composition of the New Testament, the resurrection of Jesus, the nature of heaven and hell, the book of Revelation, the End Times, self-contradictions in the Bible, the concept of a messiah, whether Jesus actually existed, Christianity as a cult of human sacrifice, the conversion of Constantine, and other topics. Bart D. Ehrman is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC, major NPR shows, and other top print and broadcast media outlets. His most recent book is The Triumph of Christianity. Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.
On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank's guest is Dr. Craig Evans, Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Christian University and a featured scholar in the documentary film, Fragments of Truth: Ancient Documents, New Discoveries. Hank and Dr. Evans discuss if we can trust the Bible, how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives, how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts, if the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered is true, and the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy.
Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books including, Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, Heaven and Hell, and his latest, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. The post KPFA Special – Live with Bart D. Ehrman on the Biblical Apocalypse appeared first on KPFA.
On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/25/23), we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank's guest is Dr. Craig Evans, Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Christian University and a featured scholar in the documentary film, Fragments of Truth: Ancient Documents, New Discoveries. Hank and Dr. Evans discuss if we can trust the Bible, how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives, how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts, if the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered is true, and the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy.
Warning: Some strong language. (Does that make us heathens? Eh, probably not...) This was a great opportunity to get to hear an actual story of belonging to a religious cult, and the ladies were just incredible guests. (Super nice, too!) It's interesting when you're a teenager and you wonder what your life will be like 30-40 years from that point. I'm sure Tracey and Sharon wouldn't have imagined doing their podcast at this point in their lives. But it's a fascinating story, and, as they told me after the interview, quite therapeutic for them , while serving as a cautionary tale for many. Ladies I appreciate your honesty, and salute your courage. And thanks for coming on the show!! Feet of Clay info: Website: ttps://www.confessionsofthecultsisters.com/ Linktree page : https://linktr.ee/cultsister Tracey and Sharon's Faves: I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist, Cheers To Leaving, Leaving Eden,Hidden Brain, Misquoting Jesus, The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, Holy Ghosting These are the podcasts featured in "Sherpa Samples" God Awful Movies Kermode and Mayo's Take The Economics of Everyday Things Pod Save The World Anatomy of Murder The Girlfriends LISK Nobody Should Believe Me Not an NBA Podcast Calm For Beginners More thanks: Publicist Extraordinaire: Steven Joiner Music Credits/Voiceovers: Bruce Goldberg ( aka Lord Mr. Bruce); other Voices: The Sherpalu Studio Players Music credits: Track: "Commander In Chief" Music provided by https://Slip.stream Free Download/Stream: https://get.slip.stream/gMcp8hPlaces: sherpalution.com : All episodes and side projects, Merchandise, donations,Affiliate Shop, etc.; YouTube: @jsherpalution5000 @sherpalution : social media for FB, IG, Twitter, & TikTok Link page: https://bio.link/jimthepo Helium Radio Network Fridays at 8:30 AM EDT, on Channel 1, Life Improvement Radio. Communicate: Wisdom App (live chats Wed nights, 10 PM EDT); Swell App (leave messages); Comment on galas.fm: https://galas.fm/p/too_many_podcast Email:jimthepodcastsherpa@gmail.com Support: Review the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (Enter the 100-Review Contest, and win podcast merch!) Listen on Podopolo (access code-TheSherpa) or Podimo podcast apps (both free); but we're available on ALL podcast apps for free. Podium is your tool for AI generated show notes, chapters, clips, transcripts, and more. Try it out today and get 3 free hours and 50% off your first month: https://hello.podium.page?via=sherpa Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/sherpa1 to save 20% off anything you order. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jim-the-podcast-sherpa/message
Secular Jesus historians and theological Christian scholars disagree on many aspects and interpretations of the life and deeds of Jesus, but most historians of all stripes do not doubt that at the least Jesus was a Jewish man who walked first-century Judea as a teacher and was crucified by the Romans. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast available at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Thanks for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this channel by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at https://twitter.com/GadgetzGuy OR by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Source: Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Was Jesus of Nazareth a Historical Figure? Did he really Exist? This episode helps explain why most historians of all stripes do not doubt that at the least Jesus was a Jewish man who walked first-century Judea as a teacher and was crucified by the Romans. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast available at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4 Thanks for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this channel by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at https://twitter.com/GadgetzGuy OR by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Source: Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Given the huge interest in our recent Big Conversation debate between Bart Ehrman and Justin Bass, on the evidence for the Resurrection, we're revisiting a pivotal debate from 2009: Bart Ehrman's first appearance on Unbelievable?, debating Peter J Williams on whether we can trust the gospel accounts and, specifically, how New Testament scripture has been transmitted. This episode catapulted Unbelievable? into the podcast charts and introduced the show to a whole new audience, as well as shedding lots of light on the claims of Bart Ehrman's most famous book 'Misquoting Jesus'. We also reveal, on the podcast, the next upcoming episode of The Big Conversation Season 5, including a sneak preview clip! Episode 3 releases on July 7th 2023, but you can watch it a whole week early by signing up at: https://thebigconversation.show More Bart Ehrman debates: • Bart Ehrman vs Peter J Williams rematch on The Big Conversation, 2019: https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-5/episode-1/ • Bart Ehrman vs Justin Bass on The Big Conversation, 2023: https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-2/episode-3-the-story-of-jesus-can-we-trust-the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels/ • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate
In this week's show we discuss the podcast "Misquoting Jesus" which recently discussed the Gospel of Mark. We explore how "The Messianic Secret" is part of Jesus epic journey of discovery and how Mr. Erhman misses the most important Jewish elements of this narrative. Another interesting Jewish tradition which points to description of the Meshiach in Isaiah 11 is what is known as "The Meal of the Messiah." A Passover commemoration of the 8 day at the end of a week of partaking of the "Matzah/bread of affliction" which is redeemed as the time to look forward to a bright future in the Olam Haba/Age to Come .Mystic-Skeptic Media produces podcasts such as Uncensored Radio Show, Raiders of the Unknown and Jesus The Israelite. In the past 7 years we have featured academics (Amy Jill Levine) , presidential candidates( Howie Hawkins), Commentators (Jay Michaelson) , Advocates (Vanessa Guillen), Scholars(John Dominic Crossan) and Holistic Healers (Rosemary Gladstar). We have taken deep dives on the topics of human trafficking, ancient civilizations, demonology and the occult, social movements, controversial topics and many of the current affairs affecting our society. Join us as as we explore the mystic-skeptic mind space…
The New Story Podcast exists to equip you to live out your Christian life as you faithfully love God and love others with truth and grace. On this Equip episode of the New Story Podcast, Jeremy and Dennis discuss why they believe the resurrection accounts are compelling, as well as interact with Bart Ehrman's book 'Misquoting Jesus.' How does the New Testament stack up against its contemporary histories? Check it out here..Resources:• We're Hiring a new Teaching Pastor - Learn more• Sermon - Your Best Day (Easter at New Story 2023)• Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman• The Transmission of Suetonius's Caesars in the Middle Ages• New Testament Manuscripts and Why They're Important• Biblical Manuscripts • The Bible's Manuscript EvidenceTo learn more about New Story Church, you can do that by visiting NewStory.Church or find us on Instagram and Facebook at @NewStoryKC.
This week's guest is Bart D. Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His new book is Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End.Is the book of Revelation a prophecy of future catastrophe? Is it a book of hope? Or is it a book of violence and wrath?In Armageddon, Bart delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse and offering a fascinating tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end.Bart's work has been a part of many of our deconstructions. In my interview with Bart, we get to hear his faith transition. We learn from his New Testament expertise. But most surprising of all, we learn what a nice guy he is.LinksArmageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the Endhttps://amzn.to/3KjLW0iWebsitehttps://www.bartehrman.com/Bloghttps://ehrmanblog.org/Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman Podcasthttps://www.bartehrman.com/podcast/InteractFor quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show noteshttps://gracefulatheist.com/2023/04/09/bart-d-ehrman-armageddon/Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversionSupport the podcast on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheistSecular Gracehttps://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/Deconversionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Deconstructionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/Attribution"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beatshttps://makaihbeats.net/
No one had as profound an impact on Troy's deconstruction as Dr Bart D. Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An expert on the New Testament and the history of Early Christianity, he has written or edited thirty books, numerous scholarly articles, and dozens of book reviews. Six of his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list. Brian and Troy talk to Bart about his own teenage fundamentalism and his upcoming book, Armageddon: What the Bible really says about the end. In this conversation, Bart delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, Revelation. You can connect with Bart via his blog: The Bart Ehrman Blog, his website: Bart D. Ehrman, and his podcast: Misquoting Jesus. --- Transcript of the episode is here. Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/iwatf Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help. Please visit: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/
Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books including, Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, Heaven and Hell, and his latest, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. You can visit his blog: www.ehrmanblog.org and his website: www.bartehrman.com The post On the Biblical Apocalypse: From the Christian Zionism to Waco Texas appeared first on KPFA.
Sam Harris speaks with Bart D. Ehrman about the prophecies contained in the book of Revelation. They discuss his latest book, Armageddon, and widespread Christian beliefs about the coming end of the world. Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of six New York Times bestsellers, he has written or edited more than thirty books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, and Heaven and Hell. Ehrman has also created nine popular audio and video courses for The Great Courses. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, with over two million copies and courses sold. Website: https://ehrmanblog.org/ Twitter: @BartEhrman Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.
You'll find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us all. But whether you understand the book as a literal description of what will soon come to pass, interpret it as a metaphorical expression of hope for those suffering now, or only recognize its highlights from pop culture, what you think Revelation reveals…is almost certainly wrong. In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood — and possibly the most dangerous — book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse. Shermer and Ehrman discuss: Ehrman's religious journey • Who wrote the Bible and why? • how to read the Bible and the book of Revelation • Who wrote Revelation and why? • why Jesus spoke in parables • why worry about climate change if the world is going to end soon? • David Koresh and Waco • Reagan and end times politics • how Jesus became a capitalist and militarist • faith healers, televangelists, and other Christian con artists • Christian ethics and what Jesus really said about the poor and needy. Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of six New York Times bestsellers, he has written or edited more than thirty books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, Did Jesus Exist?, God's Problem, The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot, and Heaven and Hell. Ehrman has also created nine popular audio and video courses for The Great Courses. His books have been translated into 27 languages, with over two million copies and courses sold. His new book is Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End.
This episode features part 2 of a conversation with activist, author and academic C Dreams. We dig into some of the basic pathways to learning about God, finding spirituality, navigating holy books, avoiding self-deception, and avoiding our tendency as humans to avoid critical analysis of our valued beliefs or morals.To follow up on some of our topics, check out the following. For more about the historical journey of our current Biblical text, I suggest Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus. For more about the connection between spirituality and recidivism, check out Said & Davidson's recent article in Justice Quarterly, "A Mixed Method Evaluation of the Role of Religion in Desistance and Reentry." Check out C. Dreams' work at Filter Magazine. You can also find her on Twitter @UnCagedCritique or the GoFundMe she is sponsoring.
Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several books including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and his latest, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. The post The Triumph of Christianity appeared first on KPFA.
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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited thirty-three books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, and Heaven and Hell. The post KPFA Special – Bart Ehrman on Early Christian Texts & The Making of Hell appeared first on KPFA.
"1. The New Testament manuscripts contain more differences than it has words: Bart Ehrman, a former evangelical and fundamentalist, who graduated from Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College before obtaining his Masters in Divinity and PhD at Princeton Theological Seminary and now one of the world's most respected New Testament scholars, cites a fact that has been documented by many other scholars that the New Testament manuscripts have more variants than there are words in the New Testament…well over 200,000 of them. Some scholars now count closer to 400,000 of them. While most do not affect any doctrine, there are some that make a big difference in how it is interpreted. Dr. Ehrman explains many of these in detail in his sixth New York Times bestselling book, Misquoting Jesus, the Story Behind who Changed the Bible and Why. If it was the intention for a perfect, all-knowing God to inspire a perfect book so that His creatures would have His word and instructions, it would be of little value unless He made sure all copies of it were also correctly copied. Surely, one should expect that a perfect God would have his word made available to every creature that is 100% accurate and not have over 200,000 variants in the copies." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support
Many people have wondered how a book written thousands of years ago and translated hundreds of times could be reliable. In this message, Chase Gardner tackles this question, offering context on Bible variants and what all of it should mean for you and your faith.Message Notes:Whether we're new to Christianity or we've been Christians for years, there are questions we think about and sometimes argue about with others. Over the next five weeks, we'll take a look at the top five questions our community has.Is the Bible Reliable?In the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, one character states, “The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book…” Bart Ehrman in his book, Misquoting Jesus, he states, “Not only do we not have the originals, but we don't even have the first copies of the originals, or the copies of the copies, or the copies of the copies of the copies or the originals.” New Testament:Three questions we should answer to know whether we can trust the Bible: 1. How many discrepancies do we have in the New Testament? (variants) 2. What is the quality of the variants? 3. Do these affect our theology? In fact, 70% of the variants we have are spelling differences. Not errors…just differences. If we add up spelling differences and non-translatable differences, how many of those 400,000 variants are those? 99% 1/4 of 1% of the variants are viable and meaningful. One example is Mark 9:29 and whether the Scripture says “prayer” or “prayer and fasting.” These things are not critical to the foundations of the Gospel. Even Bart Ehrman in the back of his book states, “Essential Christian belief is not affected by textual variant in the manuscript tradition of the new testament.” Old Testament: For many years, we based our Old Testament on three collections of the entire Old Testament from about 900 AD. In the 1940's, scrolls of all the books in the Old Testament except Esther were found from at least 100 BC. Only minor differences (not affecting the meaning) occurred in that one-thousand-year gap. Isaiah 53:1-6 (ESV) There is no other book in human history like the Bible with the amount of copies, in all the languages, reaching as far back into history and agreeing as much as it does.---For more information about our Hope Where You Are campaign, visit https://gethope.net/hwya/ If you're new to Hope or looking to get connected, click here: https://gethope.net/next/ If you've just made a decision for Christ, please respond here: https://bit.ly/3aWvIZN To support this ministry financially to help us continue to love people where they are and encourage them to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ, click here: https://gethope.net/give/ Subscribe to receive our latest messages: https://bit.ly/2XBbBxq Stay Connected with Hope:Website: https://gethope.net/Hope Community Church Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gethopecommunitychurchHope Community Church Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/get_hope/ Hope Community Church Twitter: https://twitter.com/get_hopeHope Community Church YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HopeCommunityChurch
Today, the One Minute Apologist spends 24 minutes going over a few biblical contradictions. Will this be the one that finally shows the bible to be inerrant? No, obviously not.Sources:Bart D. Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus.In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace: https://pewrsr.ch/2Cy1MWnBlack Lives Matter Protesters Were Overwhelmingly Peaceful, Our Research Finds: https://bit.ly/3tXhC5fOriginal Video: https://bit.ly/342S2B5All my various links can be found here:http://links.vicedrhino.com
Today, Todd Friel of Wretched Radio supposedly has proof of the resurrection that will convince atheists!Sources:It's Official: The Election Was Secure: https://bit.ly/3FFR0rESuspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings: https://bit.ly/33m5nEDBart D. Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus.Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers: https://bit.ly/3FpxyiIOriginal Video: https://bit.ly/3qwA6HDAll my various links can be found here:http://links.vicedrhino.com
"EHRMAN: I think one of the hardest things for people to get their minds around is that ancient Israelites and then Jews and then Jesus himself and his followers have a very different understanding of what the relationship between what we call body and soul. Our view is that we - you've got two things going on in the human parts. So you have your body, your physical being, and you have your soul, this invisible part of you that lives on after death, that you can separate the two and they can exist - the soul can exist outside of the body. That is not a view that was held by ancient Israelites and then Jews, and it's not even taught in the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, what we would call the soul is really more like what we would call the breath. When God creates Adam, he creates him out of earth, and then he breathes life into him. The life is in the breath. When the breath leaves the body, the body no longer lives, but the breath doesn't exist. We agree with this. I mean, when you die, you stop breathing. Your breath doesn't go anywhere. And that was the ancient understanding, the ancient Hebrew understanding of the soul, is that it didn't go anywhere because it was simply the thing that made the body alive. And so in the Old Testament, there's no idea that your soul goes one place or another because the soul doesn't exist apart from the body. Existence is entirely bodily. And that was the view that Jesus then picked up." "This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. When we originally scheduled the interview we're about to hear, we didn't realize how weirdly timely it would be. Let's face it - the pandemic has made death a presence on a scale most of us aren't used to. Your beliefs about what happens after death or if anything happens might shape how you're dealing with your fears and anxieties. In the new book, "Heaven And Hell: A History Of The Afterlife," my guest Bart Ehrman writes about where the ideas of heaven and hell came from. He examines the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, as well as writings from the Greek and Roman era. Ehrman is a distinguished professor of religious studies at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and is one of America's most widely read scholars of early Christianity and the New Testament. His books such as "Misquoting Jesus" and "How Jesus Became God" challenge a lot of beliefs and common wisdom. As for Ehrman's beliefs, as a child, he was an altar boy in the Episcopal Church. At age 15, he became a born-again fundamentalist evangelical Christian. After attending the Moody Bible Institute, he studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, which introduced him to texts and interpretations that led him to a more liberal form of Christianity. Eventually, he left the faith altogether." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support
Slideshow for this message is available We are in John chapter 8 this morning. And today is not your normal sermon and you’ll see why in just a second. Let’s begin in Samuel. When you read through the book of Samuel and Kings you very quickly pick up on a pattern. Here’s the pattern: when the author introduces us to a new king, he uses this formulaic introduction that looks like this: So hopefully you are seeing the idea. This formula is used at least 16 times that I could find. Now, there’s an interesting problem when you get to 1 Samuel 13:1. 1 Samuel 13:1 is another one of these formulas and it’s applied to Saul. But when you read it, you’ll see a problem. I’ll illustrate the problem by showing you three different translations: door 1, door 2, door 3, door 4. Now what’s going on here? The answer is the text is lost. Somewhere along the way, in the process of transmission, these numbers were either: intentionally left out, forgetfully left out or got destroyed so they could not be copied. Here’s the question. How does that make you feel to know there is a fallible human process that is associated with the English Bible you hold in your lap this morning? Does that destroy your confidence? Does that mean that the Bible contains errors? Don’t we teach biblical inerrancy (that the Bible is a book WITHOUT errors)? Yes we do, but it’s important to note that this doctrine applies to the original autographa, that’s a term that refers to the original documents, the actual scroll that the inspired writers wrote on, which of course we no longer have. We must acknowledge that errors have been introduced through the copying and transmission process. It’s called textual corruption. Now, the word corruption is a little unfortunate. It brings to mind corruption in politics. If we say the Bible is corrupt, that’s a pretty negative picture. But it’s a technical word that just means there is some change from the original. Imagine transferring a file from your phone to the computer. If the file makes it 99 percent of the way and just one bit changes then the file has been corrupted even though it still contains 99.999% of the original information. But it’s also the case that if 99.999% of the data is lost and only a fractional portion is preserved, that too is a corrupt file. So the real question is how corrupt is it? It all hinges on the answer to that question. Textual corruption can come in two different flavors. 1 Samuel 13:1 is corrupt in that something was taken away from the original text. But it is also possible to corrupt the text by adding to it. Today we come to John chapter 8:1-11. This is the story of the woman caught in adultery and all the Pharisees want to stone her and Jesus says, ‘he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ He begins writing on the ground and one by one they walk away. And then Jesus turns to the woman and says, “Go and sin no more.” It’s a beloved text. But here’s the problem. This section of the Bible almost certainly was not part of the original text. John chapter 8.1-11 is an example of corruption through addition. This was a story that had circulated around and was likely even true, but was not part of the original text and was added much later. If you’ll notice in most English Bible’s they point this out at varying levels of specificity: have a note at this point: In my NAS you’ve got this tiny little footnote. In my Greek NT it sets it apart like this. The ESV does it like this. Maybe this is the first time you’ve heard something like this. And maybe it’s even disturbing to you. So here’s what I want to do today. The goal is to BOTH convince you that this text is not part of the Bible which means we are not going to preach it as Scripture AND to have you walk away with FULL confidence that this book can be absolutely trusted in all it’s parts even though this transmission error exists. The Transmission Process So I’m actually going to start with the second part of that. Knowing that transmission errors like this exist, how can we trust that any of it is reliable at all? It’s a very good question. It’s the same feeling of uncertainty that you get when you discover someone has lied to you. Well, if you just lied right there, what kind of assurance do I have that everything else you’ve told me isn’t a lie. Is this a fluke or a habit? Many liberal scholars will attempt to attack the Bible in this very same way. Bart Ehrman’s who is one of the world’s foremost scholars in this area in best-selling book, “Misquoting Jesus” focuses on this issue as it pertains to the New Testament text: So his point here is simple: There is no need to examine the content of the New Testament if we don’t even have the New Testament. Now it’s difficult to feel competent to address a conclusion like this from a scholar. So here’s the question, “Can we defend the claim that the actual TEXT of the BIBLE is trustworthy?” From a raw textual transmission point of view, how corrupt is the text we possess today? To answer the question of how reliable the text is, we have to develop some minimum criteria for determining if a document is reliable (this criteria is not be specific to the Bible. This could be any historical document). And there really are only about three tests that matter here. Let’s start with that first point. What we mean by this is how long of a gap exists between the original writing (the autographa) - the actual scroll that was originally penned, and the first extant copy (that is, the oldest copy we have discovered that is still in existence today). As you know the Bible is made up of two halves - the OT written in Hebrew and the NT written in Greek and they represent very different processes of formation and transmission. Just think in rough terms about the differences. If you think about the Hebrew OT it records thousands of years of history and was written over roughly a thousand year period of time. So let’s assume Moses wrote the Pentateuch - the first five books. He’s around 1400BC and the last book of the OT was written maybe around 400BC Compare that to the NT. The NT records roughly about 50 years of history and was written in that same amount of time. So they are quite different documents. So it makes sense to discuss the transmission process of these two portions individually. The OT Witness Let’s start with the OT. When it comes to the OT, by far, the most relevant and interesting discussion is the dead sea scrolls. Here’s why. If you were alive prior to 1947 and someone were to ask you, “What is the oldest complete copy of the OT you possess?” what would your answer be? Well you’d have to answer the Codex Leningrad B19A. Codex is the word for book and B19A is a cataloging identifier. It’s housed in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. Here’s a picture of the inside of the book. It’s quite beautiful. Now there were other fragments and parts that were older. The other really famous manuscript is the Allepo Codex. It’s mostly complete but isn’t much older. So this is the oldest complete copy of the OT we possess. And when was this written? This was written in 1008AD. That’s a HUGE GAP between when the original author wrote the book and our oldest existing copy! Let’s just draw that gap on the timeline. How many hand copies are represented here? Answer: lots. How much confidence do you have that this book has not changed? It creates a lot of uncertainty. How much does a manuscript change in 1000 years? If a manuscript wears out every 100 years (best case) that means at least 10 copies and probably a lot more than that. There’s just no way to know. Well, in 1947 there was a massive discovery. In fact, it’s hard to argue against the fact that it’s the greatest discovery of the 20th century. It happened by accident. Some bedouines were throwing rocks and scrambling down into caves by the Dead Sea and found 7 scrolls housed in jars. These are tall jars designed to hold scrolls. Those jars were found in this cave which is now known as Cave 1. This is an extreme desert climate so the conditions were absolutely optimal for preservation. At first they had no idea what they were. They were hanging them on the post of their tent, selling them to antiquities dealers. But then they fell into the right hands and the search was on. The area was scoured and hundreds of more scrolls were discovered. There are were 972 manuscripts found and tens of thousands of fragments. 90 percent of the scrolls were found in cave 4 here. I had to laugh at one book I read. "In the fourth cave the fragments were torn into up to 15,000 pieces. These small fragments created somewhat of a problem for scholars." If any of you like putting together impossible puzzles without a picture on a box this might be a job for you. The main guy in charge of this died before it was complete. Even to this day the study of these scrolls continues. About 40 percent of the manuscripts are actually copies of OT books. All the OT is represented except for the book of Esther. There’s one scroll in particular that is especially impressive. It’s called the Great Isaiah Scroll. It’s the complete book of Isaiah in almost perfect readable condition. If you are curious you can go to this Digital Dead Sea Scroll website and interact with the text. Here’s the significance for our purposes. We are asking the question what is the gap between the writing of the original document and the oldest copy we possess today? Prior to 1947 and the discovery of the scrolls it was Codex Leningrad B19A at 1008AD. With the dead sea scrolls we can get to about 100 years BCE. That’s 1100 years earlier. That’s a GIANT leap. And of course the question is how much has the text changed in that 1000 year period? The answer is virtually none. It really is remarkable. Now to be sure, we still have a gap. If Moses wrote Genesis then we are still 1300 years away from the Pentateuch but only 250 years or less away from the last of the prophets. But it does give us tremendous confidence to say if the text didn’t change for 1100 years between dead sea scrolls and the Leningrad codex, it’s reasonable to assume that the text has been faithfully preserved despite the gap. So that’s the gap that exists in the OT. What about the NT? The NT Witness In the NT we have a much smaller gap. Let’s start with this quote. Now I don’t love the way that quote is worded and honestly a lot of the NT apologetic material because it is worded to make it sound like we have complete books. We don’t have complete books at these early stages. Here’s a list of some of the earliest manuscripts we have of just the gospels. These are all fragments but very, very early. So we have a very close gap in terms of fragmentary evidence. But what about larger sections and complete manuscripts? Every book of the NT is different in terms of it’s manuscript evidence. It would take a whole class to understand all this, but since we are in John, let’s just take John as an example. We could ask the question, "How many significant manuscripts of the book of John exist that were written before 300 AD. Circle that date 300 AD in your mind. Do we have 1? Do we have 2? The place to go to discover this is actually this website that is known as the K-List. Why is it called K list? Because it’s mercifully shortening this German phrase. (Short List of Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament) It’s funny that they call it a short list since it catalogs every NT Greek text or fragment ever discovered. You can filter by fragment size, date, location it was discovered and every other imaginable tag. So if you filter by date and the book of John you discover that there are 20 significant, existing manuscripts of the Gospel of John written before A.D. 300 and many manuscripts. One of the most famous is P66. Here’s a leaf. This is a nearly complete copy of the book of John and many date this around 200AD. The gospel of John was written maybe around 90AD so this is about 110 years after the fact. Now that’s not bad. But it’s still a bit of a gap. But here’s a really important question: If you were the scribe copying parchment 66 what would you be using as your master copy? You’d find the oldest possible manuscript available to you because that would be closer to the original. So the Scribe of P66 is writing around 200. How old of a manuscript do you think he could find? Let me show you some pretty interesting quotes from some church fathers who lived right around this time. This is from an early church father named Turtullean who lived AD 175. This is even more fascinating since it references the book of John - the book in question. Now keep in mind this is Peter of Alexandria who wrote this in 311AD. Here he is claiming that the original still existed in 311AD. If that is true, it’s possible that the P66 manuscript which predates this quote by 100 years was hand copied from the original. I told you to circle that year 300 in your mind. It would have been possible for any manuscript of John earlier than 300AD to have been copied from the original. We know that the manuscript existed in 311. But it’s not like it exploded right after that. We don’t know how much longer that survived. So it could have lasted another couple hundred years. We don’t know. So it’s possible that manuscripts much later than even 311 were copied from the original. We could strengthen the case further still by pointing out that in many cases there was not just one autographa. We know Paul used an scribe. And since many of his letter were sent out for circulation, almost certainly from day one there would have been multiple copies increasing the chance for the original to be preserved. Here’s the point: what is certainly, certainly not the case is that there were dozens and dozens and copies upon copies and massive errors crept into the copies we possess today. So we’ve discussed these first two criteria for reliabiliy - both the proximity to the original (the gap) and the number of copies. Now let’s jump forward two hundred years. The number of copies we have of biblical texts that have survived really begins to multiply. So if we go the 5th century which would be the 0-500AD, this is what the manuscript evidence looks like. This fragmentary and whole book evidence. 500 years sounds pretty far removed. So again, ask yourself the question. If you are copying a manuscript from this era, you’d get the oldest possible manuscript. You could probably reach back 200 years. At this point it’s easily conceivable that if someone was really trying to get to the original, this is only the second copy. Now after this point, in history the number of manuscripts just explodes. I think this is a helpful chart. “Many of these are fragmentary, of course, especially the older ones, but the average Greek New Testament manuscript is well over 400 pages long. Altogether, there are more than 2.5 million pages of texts.” So our total number of Greek manuscripts is around 5800 and if you include translations of the Greek manuscripts we are talking north of 23,000. And just to get a visual impression of the total number of manuscripts; it is really overwhelming. “If the average-sized manuscript were two and one half inches thick, all the copies of the works of an average Greek author would stack up four feet high, while the copies of the New Testament would stack up to over a mile high! - Dan Wallace” Again, keep in mind, most of this is later (Medieval). Most of this is fragmentary. Only about 8% of the manuscripts we have are complete. It’s sometimes helpful just to compare this to how well preserved other ancient documents are that have come down to us through the corridors of time. So if you compare the biblical manuscript evidence to some other classical literature you see just how well preserved the Bible is. Just to be clear, these are cherry picked examples in that they are the BEST preserved documents we have. Here’s another way of visualizing the data. Okay you have all these documents but how different are they from each other. That’s our third criteria for reliability. How much variation is there from one verse text to another across manuscripts? If you count literally every single possible type of variants. 62.9 percent of verses show no variants whatsoever. This means that if you examined all 5500 scripts they would be in 100% agreement on 62.9 percent of the verses in the Bible. That’s not that great. Does that mean you can only trust a little more than half. The picture changes drastically when you realize the nature of the variants. 75% of the variants are spelling errors. 19% don’t actually make sense. The scribe came along and a scribe is not supposed to correct. He’s just supposed to copy so he carries forward the mistake. 5% are meaningful but not viable. 1% less than one percent are both viable and meaningful. The two largest discrepancies by far in terms of meaning is John 8 and the end of Mark 16 (called the longer ending). If you exclude these (which is easy to do as you’ll see in a second) after these two, the longest discrepancy is two sentences and then quickly drops off to small phrases and single words. So hopefully this assures you that what we hold in our hands today is a very accurate edition of the NT and very, very closely reflects the original autographa Why is John 8 Suspect? So let’s come all the way back to it. So we have all this manuscript evidence that points to great preservation. Why are we saying with such certainty that John chapter 8 and this story of the woman caught in adultery is NOT part of the original text. What is the evidence for that? Well, I only need to spend 3 minutes on this point. Now that you understand how this process works it won’t be hard to convince you. Five points: These verses are present in most of the medieval Greek miniscule manuscripts, but they are absent from virtually all early Greek manuscripts that have come down to us, representing great diversity of textual traditions. Let me give you one more wrinkle of detail here. Manuscripts can easily be divided up into families. Once a certain error is introduced into the text that error gets copied and recopied and develops into a family. There are about five major families of manuscripts: In every major family of manuscript this is excluded until you get to the medieval era. There is one exception is the Western uncial D, but it is known for its independence in numerous other places. They are also missing from the earliest forms of the Syriac and Coptic Gospels, and from many Old Latin, Old Georgian and Armenian manuscripts. Moreover, a number of (later) manuscripts that include the narrative mark it off with asterisks, indicating hesitation as to its authenticity, while those that do include it display a relatively high frequency of textual variants. All the early church Fathers omit this narrative: in commenting on John, they pass immediately from 7:52 to 8:12. No Eastern Father cites the passage before the tenth century. Now that might not sound all that significant to you. But very few people realize how much material has been preserved from the church fathers. Do you realize that there are over a million NT quotations that have been preserved from the church fathers. If all we had was the church fathers we could piece together well over 95% of the NT. Although most of the manuscripts that include the story place it here (i.e. at 7:53–8:11), some place it instead after Luke 21:38, and other witnesses variously place it after John 7:44, John 7:36 or John 21:25. The fact that it is not consistently placed in the same location is pretty strong evidence that it was added later and not part of the original. Finally, even if someone should decide that the material is authentic, John almost certainly didn’t write it. The style is completely different. There are numerous expressions and constructions that are found nowhere else in John. Now that being said, it does appear to be a piece of oral tradition carried down. It most likely was true. It just doesn’t belong in the Scriptures and can’t be treated with the same sort of unquestioned authority. It would be foolish to make a theological point using this text or to preach it in the same way we preach the rest of the Bible. How Should we Respond? So we could have just skipped this section all together. But we talked about this as elders and decided it best to take this opportunity to demonstrate how we go our Bibles. Now, what I want to do now is just apply what we’ve learned today. There’s a few really important points to make here. Thank the Lord you have a Bible! We definitely take it for granted that we are able to read the Bible literally whenever we want to. It has most certainly not always been this way. The first reason that most of history has not been able to read the Bible in their language was because if you wanted your own volume you had to copy it by hand. Copying the Bible would have been a massive undertaking and took professional scribes close to a year. Contrast that to a modern printing press that can crank out 75 pages per minute. My Bible has 1106 pages for a total print time of 14 minutes. In quantity each page costs less than a penny and I can pick up this nice leather bound version for $18.95. If you want a paper Bible, grab one on the way out. They are free. You can take a whole case of them if you want. Nobody cares. They are so cheap. You can read it online, download an app and get 300 translations in a second. My friends, this has not always been so. Just try to hand copy the Bible. Long copy times means high cost. Gutenberg’s Bible which was the first printed Bible was significantly less expensive than handwritten copies and cost 30 florins in 1452. People were so incredibly excited at how drastically the prices had been slashed with the invention of the printing press. It was a moment of ecstasy. Now you could buy a Bible for 30 Florins. You want to know what that is in today’s dollars. At a very conservative exchange rate is about 100,000 dollars. How many of you could afford to purchase one? Churches might be able to purchase a single copy. And they would chain it to the pulpit. The second reason that many could not read the Bible is that it wasn’t in their language. We are so fortunate. All this careful compiling, comparing, studying the original manuscripts so that we could then have an accurate original to then translate. Our English translations are among the best in the world. We are so thankful. Read it. The claim is that this book is the Word of God. You need this. You need to be shaped by it in every way. What you love. What you do and don’t do. This is your food. It is bread to your soul. This connects you to Jesus Christ, the author of life. READ IT. It’s a treasure. It’s been passed down. Men have given their lives to preserve it. What a tragedy if we don’t read it. The great 18th-century evangelist John Wesley provides a good answer: I want to know one thing, the way to heaven. . . . He hath written it down in a book. Give me that book! At any price give me the Book of God! I have it: here is knowledge enough for me. Let me be homo unius libri [a man of one book]. In the beginning was the WORD. This is the WORD. Application: Read Psalm 119. Make a Bible Reading Plan. Download the Dwell App. Pray for the Spirit of God to use it in your life. Don’t trust in the labor saving deliverance of technology! IT’s not a life hack that is going to give you the next level of breakthrough. Let me make this point by way of 3 P’s. You have the Production of Scripture under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We don’t believe this is any old book. We believe this to be the inspired words of God. Then there’s the preservation which we have talked about. But then there’s the perception. How do we perceive the words? How do we understand them? You see we ultimately need the Spirit of God to ascertain and discern spiritual things. Many will look at this book and write it off as foolishness. But ultimately it’s the Spirit of God working in us that is the true test. Ultimate test of authenticity. The holy Spirit. God gives us the Spirit of God which is the WORD in us. Now those are quick points, but do something about it right now. Next week, I want to have reports that Bible reading has increased in your life.
In the first reading (published Oct 22, 2020) Dr. Ehrman reposts his very first blog post for the upgraded blog. In the second reading (post published Nov 4, 2015) Dr Ehrman discusses the history of the Jewish Messiah. Join the blog at https://ehrmanblog.org/ and read up to 6 new posts each week and every post in the archives. Your entire minimal cost of membership goes to charity. https://ehrmanblog.org/the-original-blog-post-misquoting-misquoting-jesus/ https://ehrmanblog.org/the-jewish-messiah/
Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar and Professor of Religious Studies, became convinced of contradictions and discrepancies in biblical manuscripts that could not be reconciled. We discuss his book "Misquoting Jesus" which dives into these and other controversial topics.
Last time we covered two corrected corruptions (1 Timothy 3.16 and 1 John 5.7). This time we’ll consider two uncorrected corruptions, including the long ending on Mark (16.9-20) and the passage about the adulterous woman that Jesus saves (John 7.53-8.11). Although these two texts are not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and translators Read more about 341 Bible 12 – Two Uncorrected Corruptions (Mark 16.9-20 and John 7.53-8.11)[…]
Last time we covered two corrected corruptions (1 Timothy 3.16 and 1 John 5.7). This time we’ll consider two uncorrected corruptions, including the long ending on Mark (16.9-20) and the passage about the adulterous woman that Jesus saves (John 7.53-8.11). Although these two texts are not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and translators Read more about 341 Bible 12 – Two Uncorrected Corruptions (Mark 16.9-20 and John 7.53-8.11)[…]
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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author of several books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, and his latest Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. The post Fund Drive Special – Bart Ehrman on the Religious History of Afterlife and the Plagues appeared first on KPFA.
Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author of several books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, and his latest Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. The post A Religious History of Heaven, Hell, and The Plague appeared first on KPFA.
According to a recent Pew Research poll, 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% in a literal hell (more evidence of the over-optimism bias and self-serving bias). Worldwide, over two billion Christians believe that because of their faith they will have a glorious afterlife. And nearly everyone wonders about what, if anything, comes after death. In Heaven and Hell, renowned biblical scholar and historian of religion Dr. Bart Ehrman investigates the powerful instincts that gave rise to the common ideas of heaven and hell and that help them endure. From the Epic of Gilgamesh to the writings of Augustine, Ehrman recounts the long history of the life after death. In different times, places, and cultures, people held a wide variety of views, and Ehrman is adept at showing how these influenced one another and changed in response to their historical, social, and cultural situations. His driving question is why and how Christians came up with the idea that souls will experience either eternal bliss or everlasting torment. Ehrman shows that the historical Jesus, Paul, and the author of Revelation would have been utterly perplexed by such ideas. These ideas are later Christian developments. Shermer and Ehrman also discuss: Ehrman’s personal journey from Christian to nonbeliever the earliest writings on the afterlife why the Old Testament says nothing about Heaven and Hell what the New Testament says about Heaven and Hell early pagan influences on Judaism and Christianity who invented the afterlife and why what Jesus really said about the afterlife, souls, and immortality what commoners believed about the afterlife in Greek, Roman and biblical times myths, stories, and parables: their original meaning and use the real meaning of the resurrection Is the Kingdom of Heaven within us all? What does a nonbeliever say to a believer about the (non-existence) of the afterlife? Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and The Triumph of Christianity. A Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has created eight popular audio and video courses for The Great Courses. He has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, BBC, and NPR. Listen to Science Salon via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn.
On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (03/18/20), we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank's guest is Dr. Craig Evans, Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University and a featured scholar in the documentary film, Fragments of Truth: Ancient Documents, New Discoveries. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2003hup/Hank and Dr. Evans discuss if we can trust the Bible, how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives, how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts, if the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered is true, and the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy.
Can we trust the Bible? The Christian faith is firmly rooted in the teachings of the New Testament—but can we really trust the Bible? Skeptics will tell you that the authenticity of the Bible cannot be trusted, arguing that the Gospel manuscripts have been doctored to push a theological agenda. Dr. Craig Evans joins Hank to discuss his film Fragments of Truthhttps://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2003hup/ , which could be faith-saving for the many thousands of believers who have been caused to doubt their faith due to illegitimate and inaccurate claims concerning biblical authority and accuracy.Topics discussed include: Can we trust the Bible? (7:30); how archeology supports the authenticity of biblical narratives (8:50); how Misquoting Jesus inspired Dr. Craig Evans to correct Bart Ehrman's misrepresentations of biblical manuscripts (13:30); is the claim by Bart Ehrman that the Bible has been altered true? (15:55); the problem of historical and biblical illiteracy (18:45); how did Jesus teach his disciples to communicate? (24:30); the two sides of Bart Ehrman (27:45); how long were the original manuscripts (autographs) of the Bible kept in circulation? (30:10); the difference between papyrus and parchment and how they were used for biblical manuscripts (35:05); the significance of the early fragments of the New Testament such as P52 (an early fragment from the Gospel of John) and the mistake of taking the Bible for granted (40:10); P45, the most ancient collection of all four Gospels (48:05); is the late dating of many New Testament biblical scholars arbitrary or biased? (55:30); the eyewitness testimony of biblical authors (57:45); viewing the life of Christ using extrabiblical historical accounts (1:01:10); the science of textual criticism and the process of dating ancient manuscripts (1:04:10); textual variants and their frequencies (1:07:25); the etymology of the term autograph, literally meaning written by himself (1:11:20); the discipline of textual criticism (1:16:00); how do we know that the four Gospels were actually written by Mathew, Mark, Luke and John? (1:16:50); what is a gloss? (1:19:50); addressing the long ending of Mark (1:22:35); the longer ending to the Lord's Prayer (1:29:00); addressing examples of agraphons (1:30:25); the canon of Scripture (1:32:15); is it possible for a rogue scribe to have substantially changed the New Testament? (1:35:15); the myth that the Emperor Constantine picked the books of the biblical canon as pushed by popular authors like Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code (1:36:30); the importance of The Dead Sea Scrolls (1:38:35).To learn more about the DVD Fragments of Truth–Can We Trust the Bible? for your partnering gift please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2003hup/ Listen to Hank's podcast and follow Hank off the grid where he is joined by some of the brightest minds discussing topics you care about. Get equipped to be a cultural change agent.Archived episodes are on our Website and available at the additional channels listed below.You can help spread the word about Hank Unplugged by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on.
Has the Bible been copied accurately? Skeptics such as biblical scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman have suggested that it wasn’t. According to Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus, it makes no sense for Christians to refer to the Bible as God's inspired Word "because we no longer possess the words that God supposedly inspired. ... All that we have are error-ridden copies" far removed from the original texts. In the first half of this episode, two scholars in the field of textual criticism join Garrick and Timothy to talk about the reliability of the text of the New Testament. Peter Gurry is assistant professor of New Testament and co-director of the Text and Canon Institute at Phoenix Seminary; Elijah Hixson is a research assistant at Tyndale House in Cambridge. During the interview, Elijah shares the amazing story of how he discovered a lost snippet of Greek text in the fifth-century manuscript Codex Bezae. A biblical theology of the city is the theme of the second half of this episode. While setting the stage for a theology of the city, your intrepid cohosts recognize that 1986 was the greatest year ever for rock and roll, and they explore the very first tune that Timothy heard when he went searching for rock and roll. That song was "You Belong to the City," written and recorded in 1985 for the soundtrack of Miami Vice. In the process of exploring the meaning and purpose of the city, Garrick and Timothy also define "fundamentalism" and discover that—despite Timothy's best efforts—rock and roll music is incapable of boiling an egg. More seriously and far more importantly, Garrick and Timothy discuss the impact of the crack epidemic and disproportionate incarceration on African-American communities in the inner city. This episode is also a wild and reckless celebration of the lost art of mispronunciation! Before the episode was recorded, Timothy said to Garrick, "When this song was on the radio in Kansas in the 1980s, I'm pretty sure that the disc jockey pronounced the artist's last name like 'fry.'" After the recording was over, it was discovered that Timothy was slightly right but mostly wrong. That is indeed the way the name was being pronounced in the corn and soybean kingdom of Kansas in 1986, but it's not the correct pronunciation of Glenn Frey's latter nomen, which is in fact pronounced "fray"---less like a fried strip of tuber that you dip in catsup and more like what happens to the hemline of Garrick's cargo slacks when he spends too much time practicing the moonwalk on the front porch of the chapel at Southern Seminary. This week's question from the Infinity Gauntlet erupts into a deadly duel between Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter, and we deal with a deep and difficult dilemma of vital importance for the daily life of every listener: Can a non-magical weapon block a magical curse? The results of our discussion leave Luke Skywalker lying on the floor of the Death Star with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead, whining about how he never got to go to Tosche Station with Ron and Hermione even though he finished his chores and saved the galaxy. Also "Tosche Station" would be a great name for a band. Subscribe to Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast: Apple / Android / RSS. In this Episode Peter Gurry, Ph.D., is assistant professor of New Testament at Phoenix Seminary where he teaches courses in Greek Language and New Testament literature. His research interests range across Greek grammar, the history and formation of the Bible, and the history of New Testament scholarship. Gurry is the author of A Critical Examination of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method in New Testament Textual Criticism and A New Approach to Textual Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (co-authored with Tommy Wasserman). Follow Dr. Gurry on Twitter at @pjgurry. Elijah Hixson, Ph.D., is research associate in New Testament Text and Language at Tyndale House, Cambridge, where he is working with Dirk Jongkind to produce a textual commentary on the Greek New Testament. Hixson is the author of Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices and coeditor with Peter Gurry of Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. He has served as a tutor in biblical studies at the University of Edinburgh and has written articles for Journal of Theological Studies, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Lexham Bible Dictionary. Questions to Discuss 1. What is textual criticism? 2. One of the questions that Bart Ehrman asks in Misquoting Jesus is, “How does it help us to say that the Bible is the inerrant word of God if in fact we don’t have the words that God inerrantly inspired but only the words copied by the scribes—sometimes correctly but sometimes (many times!) incorrectly?” How would you respond to that question? 3. Bart Ehrman also makes the claim that “there are more variations among our manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament.” Is Ehrman’s claim true and, if it is, should it worry us? Links to Click If you want to dig deeper into the historical integrity of the New Testament, one great place to start is In Defense of the Bible, edited by Terry Wilder and Steven Cowan. 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My guest today is Karen, the co-host and creator of the Deconversion Therapy Podcast. Karen is a comedian, a writer, and now a podcast host. She grew up attending Evangelical schools from grade school to Bible college. Everyone is good at something. I was good at being a Christian. Karen was so dedicated to Christianity she became a missionary with YWAM. After attending DTS, she and her husband moved to Thailand. With hindsight what I got called to was adventure, meaning, purpose, travel and helping people. Honest laughter from the Thai women she was working with shook Karen up enough to recognize maybe they were fine without her Western Jesus after all. Later after reading Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, Karen further deconstructed when she discovered the premise of her missionary work, Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,” was not in the original manuscripts. Karen's best advice to Christians: Don't research. It is bad for your faith. Along, with her co-host Bonnie, Karen uses humor, sarcasm, self-deprecation and occasional snark to eviscerate the silliness of Evangelicalism. Their podcast is Deconversion Therapy. We can laugh at this stuff. We are OK. You can laugh at this. You are going to be OK. Links Website: https://deconversiontherapypodcast.com/ Deconversion Therapy Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/deconversiontherapy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deconversiontherapy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Deconversion-Therapy-Podcast-378017629443177/ Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/302187740481879/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_DeConverted Book Recommendation Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEGJF8 Interact Deconversion How To Deconvert In 10ish Easy Steps Send in a voice message to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/message Attribution “Waves” track written and produced by Makaih Beats Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/support
A conversation with Bart D. Ehrman, renowned religious scholar and author of the book The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. We learn how Christianity spread throughout the Western world, and how the Roman Empire went from being a polytheistic pagan society, to a Christian society that persecuted non-Christians. Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several books including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and his latest, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. The post The Triumph of Christianity appeared first on KPFA.
In a ‘classic playback’ edition of the show, Justin re-airs the debate he hosted with agnostic Bible scholar Bart Ehrman opposite Christian Bible scholar Peter J Williams. They debate the reliability of the Gospels, textual criticism, and Bart’s claim that we can’t know what some of the original texts actually say. For Peter J Williams new book ‘Can We Trust the Gospels?’: https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/can-we-trust-the-gospels For Bart Ehrman: https://www.bartdehrman.com/ Buy the Unbelievable? Christmas bundle: http://www.premier.org.uk/shop Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss of faith, the most convincing argument in defense of Christianity, the status of miracles, the composition of the New Testament, the resurrection of Jesus, the nature of heaven and hell, the book of Revelation, the End Times, self-contradictions in the Bible, the concept of a messiah, whether Jesus actually existed, Christianity as a cult of human sacrifice, the conversion of Constantine, and other topics. Bart D. Ehrman is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC, major NPR shows, and other top print and broadcast media outlets. His most recent book is The Triumph of Christianity. Twitter: @BartEhrman Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.
Mormon Stories Podcast is honored to sit down with Dr. Bart Ehrman for a power-hour discussion of the story of Jesus, the New Testament, and wider early Christianity as a whole. As an expert on the New Testament and the history of Early Christianity, Dr. Ehrman has written or edited thirty books, numerous scholarly articles, and dozens of book reviews. Five of his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list: Misquoting Jesus; God’s Problem; Jesus Interrupted; Forged; and How Jesus Became God. A comprehensive list of Dr. Ehrman's works may be found here.
In this remote Science Salon (recorded on February 19, 2018), Dr. Shermer converses with the great bible scholar and historian Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, the Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and the author of 8 Teaching Company courses and a number of New York Times bestselling books, including Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. In his new book, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, Dr. Ehrman explores how a tiny sect of just 20 people at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion in 30 CE became 25 to 35 million Christians by 400 CE. Imagine if the couple of dozen Branch Davidians living near Waco, Texas in early 1990s, instead of being incinerated by Federal agents in a botched stand-off, went on to convert two billion people around the world to their religion. That is what early Christians did. How did they do that? Shermer and Ehrman also discuss the modern atheism movement, how Jesus became a Republican in the second half of the 20th century, the intractable (for Christians) problem of evil, the problem of identity for Jesus (how could he be both man and God?), what pre-Christian pagans believed about the gods, what early Christians had to offer pagans that other religions didn’t, how religions invented the afterlife and what people believed before the rise of Christianity about what happens after you die, and other fascinating topics.
Is learning the original Greek, Latin, and Hebrew truly essential in learning the meaning and context of the Bible? Bart Ehrman, in his Misquoting Jesus, says that the earlier the manuscript, the more errors you find. Which ones is he talking about? Please describe the process of translating Hebrew and Greek manuscripts into modern English. Is the Letter of Mara ben Serapion an independent attestation of a historical Jesus? What exactly does Daniel 9 mean to predict? Why does the Talmud curse anyone who reads Daniel 9:24-27 to calculate the coming of the Kingdom? What do you think are the best books/articles to read on Exodus? E.A. Speiser suggests that chapter 14 was an independent, foreign, "quasi-historical" document that was imported into the rest of the Genesis material, and he takes this as evidence that Abraham was a real historical figure "who was attested in contemporary sources." What do you think of this claim of historicity? Are there any theories about the identity of the "man carrying a jar of water" in Mark 14:13? Why does the pregnant Elizabeth stay in seclusion for 5 months (Luke 1:24)?
Bart Ehrman is the US author of the bestselling book "Misquoting Jesus" (In the UK "Whose word is it?"). He calls into question the authority of the New Testament as scribal changes over time have changed the documents. So can we trust the scripture? Bible scholar Peter Williams believes in the reliability of the New Testament and that Bart's prognosis is far too pessimistic. To hear more discussions between Christians and non-Christians go to www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable. Join the discussion on the Premier Community www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable.
Bart D. Ehrman is the author of more than 20 books, including three New York Times best-sellers: Misquoting Jesus, God's Problem, and Jesus Interrupted. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. His work has been featured in Time, the New Yorker, the Washington Post and other print media, and he has appeared on NBC's Dateline, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, The History Channel, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, the BBC, major NPR shows, and other top media outlets. His books have been translated into 27 languages. He lives in Durham, North Carolina. Bart Ehrman joins Let's Talk About It host Dr. Tom and guest cohost Rev. Tom Thorpe for a wide-ranging discussion of biblical studies today.
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The very phrase textual criticism conjures up an abstract academic exercise which leads many to remain unconvinced of the need to learn of this science. Pastors are ignore the subject for fear that church members will find it boring, overly technical, impractical, or that their faith (their own and the congregations') may be undermined in the process. Pastors fear the fallout of church members learning of the many variants that exist in the previously understood "golden tablets" of the New Testament manuscripts. While it is true that textual criticism can be technical and can be communicated in such a way as to threaten people's faith (see Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus), it need not be the case. The average church member can grasp the material. Furthermore it is a far more dangerous thing to leave church members uneducated of the history of their Bible. Opponents of the faith know this information; so should the people of faith.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this sample from http://www.equip.org, TimothyPaulJones discusses Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this sample from http://www.equip.org, TimothyPaulJones discusses Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this episode, TimothyPaulJones reflects on the long-term cultural impact of The Da Vinci Code.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this episode, TimothyPaulJones reflects on the long-term cultural impact of The Da Vinci Code.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this episode, Todd Wilken of http://www.IssuesEtc.org intersperses interviews with TimothyPaulJones and Bart Ehrman for a mind-challenging discussion that you can't help but enjoy! Opening music courtesy of Sending68.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! In this episode, Todd Wilken of http://www.IssuesEtc.org intersperses interviews with TimothyPaulJones and Bart Ehrman for a mind-challenging discussion that you can't help but enjoy! Opening music courtesy of Sending68.
(April 25, 2007) Dr. Bart D. Ehrman brings his insights to Stanford University in a revealing lecture, “Misquoting Jesus: Scribes Who Altered Scripture and Readers Who May Never Know,” a textual criticism of Biblical manuscript tampering.
(April 25, 2007) Dr. Bart D. Ehrman brings his insights to Stanford University in a revealing lecture, “Misquoting Jesus: Scribes Who Altered Scripture and Readers Who May Never Know,” a textual criticism of Biblical manuscript tampering.
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! This episode deals with the challenges to Christian faith raised by Bart Ehrman's bestselling book Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Listen to the end to hear "Take It All Away," the new single from Sending68 (http://www.Sending68.com).
Welcome to TimothyPaulJones.com! This episode deals with the challenges to Christian faith raised by Bart Ehrman's bestselling book Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Listen to the end to hear "Take It All Away," the new single from Sending68 (http://www.Sending68.com).
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