After reading subsequent posts, my attempt to rephrase your argument. How did I do? Two views of Sheol are (a)…
Excellent article! As an aside, Robert G. Ingersoll noted in one of his lectures "God is not mentioned in the…
If there was a historical Moses, my own thinking is that the Pharoah of Exodus could have been Horemheb or…
These quotes attributed to Jesus seem not to be based on morality and apocalyptic thinking, whereas genuine statements by the…
Neat point about Paul not mentioning god-fearers Bart, though a god-fearer reference would only be likely in association with a…
I have a question that is a fair bit wide of the topic, but I'd love to hear your thoughts:…
I respectfully disagree. Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz were two different children, although they were both sons of Isaiah. Immanuel was born…
Hi Dr. Ehrman, This is a bit of a conspiracy theory question here but since James the brother of Jesus…
I had come across that in Judaism, Sheol was also meant to be a state-of-being (or mind, rather). I.e, when…
Thanks Bart; though as I read 1 Corinthians 9, Paul describes himself as "becoming as a Jew/Gentile", not as "behaving…