Its a double edged sword. Having been raised as a fundamentalist at home, I had an adverse emotional reaction to…
On More Lost Scriptures
Hi Dr. Ehrman, I was wondering if you might have an insight as to how early Christians, and religious scholars…
On More Major Issues Confronting the Early Christians.
Dr Ehrman, reading through some of your earlier posts I gather that you take the position that we do not…
On More Major Issues Confronting the Early Christians.
Your comments regarding the dynamic of Christians being mocked and their aggressive apologetic prompts me to think of how this…
On Major Issues in the Earliest Christian Centuries (In my Book After the New Testament)
Dear Dr Ehrman, you really have been a tremendous voice of sober, scholarly research who presents the best evidence we…
On Did the Original Gospels Describe Jesus’ Miracles?
A thought came to me while doing yard work - sorry if this is going off-topic but I wanted to…
On More Major Issues Confronting the Early Christians.
I ordered my 2nd edition from (?) Amazon a few years ago. I don't remember what I paid, but it…
On My Most Helpful Book? After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity
Dr. Ehrman, I've heard William Lane Craig and others say that the author of Luke and Acts wouldn't record traditions…
On Was Jesus Given a Decent Burial (By Joseph of Arimathea)
You wrote, "I’ve never heard any of htem say that copyists did not change texts." Here you are straw-manning. I…
On Are Scribes of Texts Actually Authors?
Thank you for the time taken to reply to me and for teaching me a new word (verisimilitude).
On You Don’t Think Peter Wrote 1 and 2 Peter?