Apologists… Index to Series “Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes On Bart Ehrman” 9 Nov 2018 Below you will find links to all five posts in the series "Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman." I suggest that to get a full grasp of the…
Apologists… Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 5 9 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 This is the fifth and final post in a series examining pop-apologist Heather Schuldt’s attempt to take down New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman. The four previous posts can be viewed…
Atheism… The Weekly Round up – 11.9.18 9 Nov 201812 Nov 2018 "Jesus’ followers are to abandon any and all means of procuring a socio-economic livelihood, or more accurately conceiving of a livelihood in socio-economic terms." - Steven DiMattei Over at his…
Apologists… Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 4 8 Nov 20188 Nov 2018 This is the fourth post in a series examining pop-apologist Heather Schuldt’s attempt to take down New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman. The three previous posts can be viewed here: Part…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: How Modern Readers Form Their Own Gospel Account 8 Nov 20185 Nov 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 163. When modern readers act as if [the Gospels of Mark and Luke…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michal D. Coogan: Dating the “Holiness Code” of Leviticus 8 Nov 20185 Nov 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 153. Since the late nineteenth century, scholars have identified chapters 17-26 of…
Apologists… Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 3 7 Nov 2018 This is the third post in a series examining pop-apologist Heather Schuldt's attempt to take down New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman. The two previous posts can be viewed here: Part…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Musings on Mark: Minor Markan Characters – The Centurion at the Cross 7 Nov 201814 Nov 2018 In her excellent book In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel,1 New Testament scholar Elizabeth Struthers Malbon uses the tools of narrative criticism2 to analyze the story we find in the…
Apologists… Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 2 6 Nov 2018 In our first post we discussed Heather Schuldt's blog post "5 Examples Why Bart Ehrman Is Not a Gospel Expert."1 We addressed specifically issues concerning the dating of the Synoptic Gospels,…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: Luke vs. Matthew on Mary and Joseph’s Hometown 6 Nov 20185 Nov 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 155-156. One of the telling differences between the two accounts has to do…
