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Note the evidence that the authors of Matthew and Luke changing the narrative/content of Mark is proof positive that they did not consider it to be inerrant. A favorite fundamentalist action on Inerrancy comes from the Editors of the NIV. According to them, the Bible is so inerrant, that they changed the Bible multiple times, […]
Continue ReadingOT Samson, with God’s help, murders 30 men so he can steal their clothes to pay off a gambling debt. Judges 14 and 15. “14 v19 Then the spirit of the Lord rushed on him, and he went down to Ashkelon. He killed thirty men of the town, took their spoil, and gave the festal garments to […]
Continue ReadingBy Bart Ehrman The Didache: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle in Early Christianity Biblical Archaeology Society by Staff, December 12, 2017. Edited by Jonathan A. Draper and Clayton N. Jefford. The post at BAS is about the book of the same name as the post published by the Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2015), […]
Continue Reading“Agrapha” – Sayings of Jesus not found in any of the surviving Gospels per Bart Ehrman here. Previous post here titled Ever Hear of an Agraphon? An “Unwritten” Saying of Jesus? Extracted sayings in Bart’s translation is below. Mark 9:49 in ms D et al: For every sacrifice will be salted with salt. Mark 16:14 in ms […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from the transcript from a lecture Echoes Of Antiquity: Old Testament Threads Woven Into The Gospels By Dr. Dale C. Allison Jr. in the Bart Ehrman course New Insights Into the New Testament Conference here. MMLJ assumes their readers know the stories of the OT. Matthew 1:1 -An account[a] of the genealogy[b] of Jesus the Messiah,[c] the […]
Continue ReadingRead the NT in order beginning with the earliest per Dr. James Tabor. Not sure this is right??? Those are Paul’s seven authentic writings. Disputed are: The above was said in:
Continue ReadingLuke For a concise summary go to Dr. Bart Ehrman’s post The Gospel of Luke in a Nutshell, January 29, 2025. See the Italicized extracts below. Luke is often considered the most “gentile” of our gospels, both because of its distinctive portrayal of Jesus in terms familiar to ancient pagan readers and because it stresses […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart Ehrman’s Jesus Interrupted, Chapter 3 I’ve tried to cover some of the interesting “large” discrepancies [from a historical-critical approach] in this chapter: Bart From Bart’s post Making the Gospels Say What You WANT Them To Say – March 30, 2024 Mark has an adoption/exaltation Christology. John has an incarnation Christology. It’s not the […]
Continue ReadingExtract Bart provided from his NT Textbook. The Gospel of Matthew – AT A GLANCE Bart Ehrman’s Series Does Matthew Gild the Lily? by Chris Massey – Most readers will already be aware of the two quite different versions of the story found in Acts and Matthew. In Acts 1:18-19, Judas takes the money he receives for […]
Continue ReadingSeven Episodes by Useful Charts on YouTube combined into one 2.5 hour video linked below. For other great related videos go here.
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