Hi Dr Ehrman, I remember listening to your podcast on the Genius of the gospel of Mark and have heard…
On When is “The Same” Memory/Tradition/Story Not Actually “The Same”?
One of the most irritating things about fundamentalists/evangelicals is their frequent use of proof-texts to prove a point. Do mainstream/liberal…
On When is “The Same” Memory/Tradition/Story Not Actually “The Same”?
Is there a kind of biblical understanding/interpretation that, on the one hand, tries to respect the view that it is…
On When is “The Same” Memory/Tradition/Story Not Actually “The Same”?
Again, everything you've written is correct, but it is not complete. (1) There is a critical distinction between illiterate communities…
On When is “The Same” Memory/Tradition/Story Not Actually “The Same”?
Interesting analogy Bart
On The Jesus Seminar and the Non-Apocalyptic Jesus. Hey, Why Not?
I miss wrote, sorry. In Luke 17:21 a common explanation that I get for this transition as being “among” /…
On Putting Final Polish on a Bible Translation. Ouch.
Well, first we need to establish what we mean by "accurate". If you insist that "accurate" means preserving absolutely everything…
On Do People in Oral Cultures Have Better Memories?
"Albert Schweitzer maintained that every generation of scholars makes/sees Jesus in its own image" Since returning to USA full time…
On How Do Scholars Make the Apocalyptic Jesus Non-Apocalyptic?
I’m wondering whether there’s debate among scholars about whether the Gospels as written clearly refer to Jesus’s “Second Coming”? They…
On How Do We Know About Oral Cultures? By Starting Where You’d Never Suspect!
It's a good point. Ostensibly the authors of Matthew and Luke weren't thinking in terms of copying or plagerism, they…
On Were Matthew and Luke Plagiarists?