Interesting article. I had finished reading Ehrman's book "Lost
Christianities", which I found very intriguing. Has anyone read his
recent book, "Misquoting Jesus : The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible
and Why"?
Can anyone recommend any other books telling the history of the New
Testament books and how the early church chose which ones belonged in the
canon and which ones did not?
At 06:08 PM 3/14/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>I ran across a very revealing (and admittedly, disturbing) article about
>Bart Ehrman that might be of interest to those of you following this thread:
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030401369.html
>
>The story chronicles Ehrman's journey from disinterested youth to
>fundamentalist at Moody Bible Institute to becoming a disbeliever while
>doing graduate work in textual criticism.
>
>It is a sad story. While I do not agree with the conclusions Ehrman came
>to regarding the trustworthiness of historic, Christian faith, I can
>definitely appreciate the emotional component: the all-or-nothing,
>gut-wrenching sense of thinking that he had to decide between
>fundamentalist faith and no real faith at all. What a tragedy.
>
>Whether it is textual criticism or science, I am sure that there are
>ASA'ers on this list who can probably relate. I just wish he had found
>another way --- maybe there will be an opportunity for him to encounter
>God's grace again in Christ at a later stage in his journey.
>
>I can only pray for that and trust that God will make Himself known to
>Bart Ehrman.
>
>Blessings in Him,
>
>Clarke Morledge
>College of William and Mary
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