Loading...Here is a version of my lecture “Misquoting Jesus.” Some of you have seen a different version of the lecture (I’m sure I’ve posted one!); I’m particularly fond of this particular one, both because of its setting in the Washington National Cathedral and because, well, I just think I was on better form than usual. The lecture was given on Feb. 6, 2007.
What a treat this Sunday morning.
Good ole bart lol standing for what he believes in. I support you brother
Thanks Bart.
I just listened to the entire talk…and very much enjoyed it and was enlightened by it. Thank you Bart!
How did the books and letters, written thousands of years ago by numerous people from wide ranging backgrounds and beliefs and socioeconomic lifestyles, that exalt jesus (that we call the n.t.) become the most widely read, most trusted, most influential, life changing, revolutionary and controversial documents of all time, including this generation?
How do people speak in tongues today?
I was wondering if you have created any sort of timeline for the “events” of the creation of the Bible. That is, have you detailed what you consider would be the approximate time that the first full version of the Gospel of John was done, when the Bible was completely completed, etc. etc.?
No, I never have. The problem is that we simply don’t know when some of the books were written, let alone edited, either in absolute terms (when was Ephesians written) or in relative ones (is James before or after 1 Peter), etc….
So then these are just guesses, or is there some merit to these dates?
http://amazingbibletimeline.com/bible_questions/q1_bible_who_wrote/
No, this is a fundamentalist site. Notice that it indicates that the world (as in, our universe) came into existence in 4004 BC!!! (not, like, 13.8 billion years earlier than that….)
Is there any recent tendency among leading scholars today to “move” the traditional dates assigned to the various New Testament writings? For instance many NT Introductions (including yours) give a date for Acts to the 80’ties and some possibly as late as about 100 CE. The Acts Seminar of Westar suggested not long ago the early decades of the 2. century. Is this still a fringe opinion?
Yes, the big move these days is about the book of Acts, putting it up to 120 CE or so. I was initially skeptical, but so many people seem to be getting on board, that I’ve decided that I need to read the arguments more thoroughly. It’s on my agenda for the fall.
Wouldn’t that also involve moving Luke?
Yes, I think so!
Wow! Such brains (yours), and beauty (the Cathedral), all in one place! It just doesn’t get better than this.
But of course, this isn’t to say that you aren’t beautiful too, Bart. ‘-)
I do my best….