Not only are there discrepancies among different books of the Bible, but there are also inconsistencies within some of the books, a problem that historical critics have long ascribed to the fact that Gospel writers used different sources for their accounts, and sometimes these sources, when spliced together, stood at odds with one another. Our first example is from chapter 1 of the book. In future articles, I will pick up additional errors from this and other books by Ehrman. So you are just going to have to trust me that I am not cherry picking examples that are unrepresentative of the book as a whole.
Space does not permit me to do justice to all of the the arguments presented in Ehrman’s book. Let’s take as an example his book titled, Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible – And Why We Don’t Know About Them. Even though Bart Ehrman has a PhD and a professorship position at a major University, he makes a lot of very elementary mistakes in his work. I have made an extensive study of Bart’s work and have learned that when Bart Ehrman makes a claim, it is best to check the primary source for yourself, since if past experience is anything to go by, he is more likely to be misrepresenting his sources than otherwise. He has written a number of books attempting to cast doubt on the reliability of the New Testament. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Such, however, as I intend to show in this and a subsequent article, is not a guarantee of being a careful scholar.ĭr. In a previous article, I addressed the question that I have heard from so many, “If Christianity is true and so well supported as you say it is, why do so many intelligent and apparently informed people not accept it?” Towards the close of that article I noted that many Christians feel intimidated when encountering a scholar with a PhD, a position at a major University, and a stellar publication record.
0 kommentar(er)
