reblogged from Barts Blog In my previous two posts I showed why Papias is not a reliable source when it comes to the authorship of Matthew and Mark. If you haven’t read those posts and are personally inclined to think that… Read More ›
Dr Bart Ehrman
Were the disciples of Jesus martyred for believing in the Resurrection?
(Originally published on The Bart Ehrman Blog. Ehrman debunks some unsubstantiated claims routinely made by evangelicals) Over the past few years I’ve wondered how many of the disciples of Jesus came to believe that he had been raised from the dead. The… Read More ›
Was John the Son of Zebedee Capable of Writing a Gospel? (No!)
QUESTION: You mention in your book Forgeries and Counter Forgeries that John most likely did not write the Gospel attributed to him as he almost certainly could not write in Greek. I seem to remember you writing that the Greek of that… Read More ›
Eyewitnesses and the Gospels
QUESTION One of the major points of your work (if I understand correctly) is that the contents of the New Testament are at a vast remove in time, place, and source from any eyewitness account of Jesus’ life. But when… Read More ›
Guest article by Sam Shamoun: Bart Ehrman and the Trinity Pt. 2
Bart Ehrman and the Trinity Pt. 2 I resume my discussion of Ehrman’s statements concerning the text of 1 John 5:7. The other point that I want to make is that Ehrman’s argument actually ends up proving that John’s Gospel… Read More ›
Guest article by Sam Shamoun: Bart Ehrman and the Trinity
As I mentioned on January 12 I have invited Christian polemicist Sam Shamoun to write an article on BT. Here it is. As usual it is open for comments – with one proviso. Any abuse will result in the comment… Read More ›
Adding the Trinity to the Bible
This short excerpt from a Bart Ehrman talk tells the fascinating story of Erasmus and how the Trinity verse 1 John 5:7 got added to the Bible, the only verse in the entire Bible mentioning the Trinity: For there are… Read More ›
A further comment on Jesus the messiah, Isaiah 53, Psalm 22
Christians point ‘to passages in the Bible that talked about one who suffered and was then vindicated, passages such as Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22. Jews, though, had a ready response: these passages are not talking about the messiah. And you… Read More ›