Interview on Judas with Bart Ehrman - Jan 29

Posted by Darrell L. Bock on 29 Jan 2007

Keep your eyes open on iTunes. Today I taped a radio show interacting with Bart Ehrman on the Gospel of Judas. It should turn up in the next few days on iTunes. It should show up on a show called The Things that Matter Most, a show done out of Houston that is also on in Dallas, as well as on the web through iTunes. It was mostly a discussion of the significance or lack thereof for the gospel of Judas, but some exchanges got into did Paul represent a distinct Christianity from James and Peter, what of the reliability of the tradition feeding the biblical gospels, Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet of Israel, and did Jesus claim to be the Son of Man. I think the exchanges are revealing and will be of interest.

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What Do You Make of Bart Ehrman?

Submitted by Daniel S. Steffen on Sun, 2007-02-11 01:29.

Dr. Bock,

Bart Ehrman seems to have become somewhat prominent since his book "Misquoting Jesus" appeared a year or so ago.

In that book, which I haven't read myself, I understand that he claims to have been a born-again Christian once, but that he is now an agnostic.

What is your opinion of him, both as a person and also as a NT scholar?

One other non-related matter: On some of your blogs, there is an option to "Add a comment," and on others, there isn't this option. What do we do if we want to comment on one of your blogs that doesn't give this option?

Bart Ehrman and comments postings - dlb- Feb 11

Submitted by Darrell L. Bock on Sun, 2007-02-11 23:10.

Greg:

Bart describes himself as a "happy agnostic." He went to Moody and Wheaton before heading on the Princeton. His work has moved into areas of Textual Criticism, New Testament, Extra-biblical works and New Testament Introduction where he now sees himself as representing to the public the discoveries of the critical academic community of scholars. Much of the information he discusses he covers well, but the "spin" and omissions are often significant for the spin he gives the material. He often makes differences more significant than they are (just as he woudl say I see too much unity). Nonetheless, he is representative of a significant and increasingly vocal wing of study, reflective of what is being taught in many university religious study programs.

As for the postings. It is awkward. This is because the new comments have to be added separately to my posting the blog and I cannot add the note. Usually if you wait a few days it will post to the relevant blog. However, the way you have been doing this also works as I check them anyway, no matter to what blog they are attached.

Comments on Bart Ehrman

Submitted by Daniel S. Steffen on Tue, 2007-02-13 04:37.

Thank you!

Ehrman and the New Testament...

Submitted by AAron H (not verified) on Fri, 2007-02-23 14:30.

I'm a student at the University of Minnesota. Probably majoring in religious studies. But, I'm taking a class on the New Testament now and one of our textbooks is a Bart Ehrman book called "The New Testament: A Historical Introduction To the Early Christian Writings."

The book is full of exaggerations. He likes to tell true facts but then make it sound like they mean SOO much more than they really do. (Especially his comments on Appolonius of Tyana)

I'm reading your book "The Missing Gospels" right now. But I'm also looking for other resources too. I'm really interested in this stuff and maybe would like to go into a similar field eventually. (I've also read "Reinventing Jesus" and "The Case For Christ") I was especially wondering if there are any good online resources, like articles from the experts and maybe debate resources and whatnot.