Good contrast Dr. Ehrman. The infancy gospel is considered tabloidy stuff written in Aramaic, right? Luke-Acts is ʻhigh-brow’ koine Greek,…
On Interpreting a Text to Make It Seem Orthodox: Luke and Its View of Jesus
Hello Bart, I have a question about Gospel of John. In John 10 when Jesus is about to be stoned…
On How Did Early Christians Make Unorthodox Texts Seem Orthodox?
Paul's use of the phrase "in power" suggests that Paul thought the resurrected Jesus had been made an extremely powerful…
On Why Would an Editor ADD the Virgin Birth to Luke?
Dr. Ehrman, in reading this post and having listened to this week's podcast focused on the Proto-Gospel of James, I'm…
On Interpreting a Text to Make It Seem Orthodox: Luke and Its View of Jesus
Of course you are assuming that an astronomical/astrological event actually happened and was not simply a literary device. Astrology was…
On Interpreting a Text to Make It Seem Orthodox: Luke and Its View of Jesus
If Jesus claimed to be the king of the Jews and he was arrested and executed for it, wouldn't he…
On Did the Triumphal Entry Really Happen?
Well, within a tradition in which angels are said to go around slaughtering people, then if an angel appears to…
On Hark, the Herald Angels What Now? Guest Post by Esther J. Hamori
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas brings to mind the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life." Wish it into the…
On Interpreting a Text to Make It Seem Orthodox: Luke and Its View of Jesus
How can the gospel of Luke be an originally adoptionistically open work when Luke's Jesus claims to be the beloved…
On Interpreting a Text to Make It Seem Orthodox: Luke and Its View of Jesus
Doesn't Bart argue somewhere that the fire is not eternal torment, but final and irrevocable destruction of the body in…
On Hark, the Herald Angels What Now? Guest Post by Esther J. Hamori