tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post7219979713578362185..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: "Forged" by Bart D. EhrmanBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-6018383287252485002014-02-21T11:23:19.637-06:002014-02-21T11:23:19.637-06:00Yeah, you've got a long way till you get to th...Yeah, you've got a long way till you get to the new testament. I once considered reviewing the Bible like you are, but decided it was way too much work. I'm glad you're doing it though.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-10850432231394777722014-02-21T08:57:54.569-06:002014-02-21T08:57:54.569-06:00I agree, Jim. I'm tempted to get Ehrman's ...I agree, Jim. I'm tempted to get Ehrman's book, <b>Did Jesus Exist?</b>, and pair it with Robert M. Price's <b>Deconstructing Jesus</b>, which comes to the exact opposite conclusion.<br /><br />I haven't read anything by Price, but his podcasts are very entertaining. Oddly enough, he's a right-winger politically, though he doesn't believe that Jesus was a historical figure at all.<br /><br />With doctorates in Theology and New Testament, he really knows his Bible. (Like Ehrman, he got into this field because of his religious faith, only to discover that he'd been misled.)<br /><br />But I don't know. I still have a lot of the Bible to read, after all. :)<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-75702496310705129572014-02-20T14:53:15.801-06:002014-02-20T14:53:15.801-06:00I knew you'd like Bart D. Ehrman. He's a ...I knew you'd like Bart D. Ehrman. He's a great historian. Since you are getting into the New Testament research, you might also like The Five Gospels by The Jesus Seminar. It's an interesting approach to trying to figure what Jesus might have said, and might not have. With so many writers in the New Testament kitchen, it's hard to know if anything in the Bible can truly be attributed to Jesus.<br /><br />Ehrman has other interesting books, including his newer ones, Did Jesus Exist?, and How Jesus Became God. Even though I'm not religious, I find the origins of Christianity fascinating, especially the development of orthodoxy out of so many competing and so called heretical ideas.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.com