A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
See the post Restoring Abrahamic Faith Again on this site with a summary of a Tabor talk. Ross Nichols Lecture Series on Restoring Abrahamic Faith – Ross Nichols, teacher for the United Israel World Union, presented a four-part lecture series based on Dr. Tabor’s book Restoring Abrahamic Faith. Dr. James D. Tabor
Continue ReadingHermeneutics Meaning: What is Biblical Hermeneutics In Simple Terms? Written by Joshua Schachterle, Ph.DDate Posted to bartehrman.com: August 31st, 2024 All Text below was extracted from Joshua’s very good article here. In simple terms, hermeneutics is the study of interpretation. In this article, I’ll explore hermeneutics’ meaning, tracing its origins from Greek philosophy to its current […]
Continue ReadingExtract Bart provided here from his NT Textbook. The Gospel of Mark – AT A GLANCE The Genius of Mark – Bart Ehrman’s Course Below is part of the transcript of the end of Lesson 4 of Bart Ehrman’s The Genius of Mark course at BSA. The transcripts are in his directory in DropBox. Dr. […]
Continue ReadingMy Questions: Jumps to Topics Below Christianized Readings in the Protestant OT vs. the Tanakh*** <- Click link for full post. Atonement or Forgiveness? Bart’s comment about Luke-Acts and Amy-Jill Levine’s Essay Bart – The doctrine of atonement does not hinge on what the author of Luke Acts thought. If you are a Christian and […]
Continue ReadingIn Lesson 4 of Bart Ehrman’s course The Genius of Acts of the Apostles, he says: Historically, it is absolutely the case that the Christian movement began as a kind of Judaism. Jesus himself was Jewish. His followers were Jewish. They kept the Jewish law. They adhered to Jewish customs. Nobody said anything about not […]
Continue ReadingClick here for an extensive Timeline of Jewish History. Note the dates and events from ChatGPT below have not been reconciled with those in the link timeline. Differences will surely exist. The initial/base table is from ESV.org. Changes are identified in the footnotes. Note that many of the events are based on Acts. When Acts […]
Continue ReadingFor a great summary go to The Gospel of John in a Nutshell, February 19, 2025, by Dr. Bart Ehrman. Extracts – Despite the broad similarities, this Gospel is very different from the others. Most of the stories about Jesus’ ministry – his encounters, his miracles, his confrontations with Jewish leaders – are different here; […]
Continue ReadingIn the video below, Dr. Tabor presents several examples of words used in the KJV that had a different meaning that the same word today. He shows how today’s understanding is wrong and does not reflect the “original” Greek text or meaning. Italised text below is from the transcript. KJV uses of “hell” and “prevent”. […]
Continue ReadingThis is the cover page for pages containing info about specific translations provided by scholars.
Continue ReadingNote 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 Reading