Loading...Just so you know! Tomorrow I’m heading to the Galapagos and will not have reliable wifi for about a week. That WON’T affect the blog posts — I’ve got them all lined up and ready to roll. BUT, I won’t be able to respond to comments.
But feel free to make them at will. I will get to them when I return from the land of Darwin to the land of AI. And maybe I should start using AI to respond to comments, for the sake of all involved! (But never fear: it ain’t gonna happen.)
What is the book of Life? I often wonder if it is a real thing, or if it has a certain hidden meaning? Have you done any research of the subject, or do you know of someone who has.
Thanks!! Been studying your last book and find it to be a very good read.
Larry
In Revelation it refers to the book that contains the names of all those who will have eternal life.
On San Cristobal:
Swim with the baby Sea Lions in the Sea Lion nursery
If you dive, do Leon Dormido and dive with the hammerheads (its safe, they are little). Even if you don’t dive you can snorkel it but the sharks are usually at 60 feet.
Don’t pet the big sea lions, they don’t like it.
From Isabella:
dive with the Manta Rays
Take a boat trip around the island-if you haven’t done it before you will cross the equator at sea, thus by order of Poseidon you will be promoted from pollywog to shellback!
It is a great trip!
Bon voyage. Say “Hi” to the iguanas,
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Re: “And maybe I should start using AI to respond to comments, for the sake of all involved! (But never fear: it ain’t gonna happen.)”
My sincere thanks!
Best wishes on your Galapagos trip Bart. I was watching your interview on Misquoting Jesus, which was entitled ‘Was John’s Gospel Anti-semitic? You didn’t deal with that topic, but the interview with your colleague at UNC was very interesting. Several years ago, I asked you a question about John as a witness to the crucifixion as I did ethnographic fieldwork among Muslims in Thailand who argued with me that there were no eyewitnesses to the crucifixion and consequently their Islamic view of Christ’s ascension into heaven was more believable. I had believed that John was a witness, which I thought was the consensus view. You informed me that John was most likely not a witness to the crucifixion though it was mentioned by (John or an unknown author) in the 4th gospel. I wasn’t sure about how your colleague, the interviewee, agreed with your perspective on this matter. Does he? I’m sorry I am blanking on his name, senior moment.
The consensus view among historical scholars (apart from conservative evangelicals) is that none of the authors of the Gospels was an eyewitness to Jesus’ life nad death. But it’s a (very) weird argument to say that if there were no eyewitnesses then he probably never died on the cross.
Bart. I had another question regarding John’s gospel. You mentioned in one of your podcasts that it was believed John had died in Ephesus. In an educational tour of Turkey in 2013, we visited Ephesus. We also visited the house of the Virgin Mary on Mount Koressos, about 7 miles from Ephesus. As I understand, according to some ancient scribes of the 4th century who relied on John’s gospel, Christ told John as he was dying on the cross to take care of his mother Mary. As the story goes, John took Mary to Ephesus and Mt. Koressos to live and built her the house. At any rate, there were many Christian and Muslim pilgrims at the shrine. There was an Augustinian nun, Anne Catherine Emmerich who was a mystic in the 19th century who amplified the story of the shrine. Although she was beatified, the Vatican never officially verified the shrine, but it was visited by many Popes, including John Paul, the Marianist. What do you think about this? Is there any evidence about where Mary died?
I’m afraid it’s all almost certainly later legend. Places with Christian churches laid claim to apostles (and the mother) of Jesus to elevate their standing. There’s zero real evidence that Mary ever left Galilee.
As a birthday gift, my girlfriend bought me a copy of your The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, and it’s great! I originally had one grievance, which is that the list of Old Testament books on page 7 does not reflect the Catholic or Orthodox canon, but now I see that you address that in the text up top. Glad I caught that before I made I made a dummy of myself trying to outsmart Bart!
Have a great time in the Galapagos!
Behind you by one day! I was listening to your podcast on our flight to Ecuador before going to the Galapagos when I heard you talking about you own trip. 😀
Whoa….
Have a blast!
Have fun!
Hi Dr. Ehrman,
Are you interested in translating your blog website to multiple language in 1 click? Similar to that of JW.org?
I emailed this suggestion/questiin to you, but got an auto-reply to ask it here. So here it is 🙂
Details are in your email😊
Regards
Not sure. 🙂