In the introduction of this book (MJ), Ehrman describes his personal evolution from a fundamentalist to a thinker wanting to be a biblical scholar. From a...
Richard: What is evidence? Do we have absolute evidence that any historical writing belongs to the said person? Do we have any absolute evidence that any...
I am working on a reply to what Ehrman has raised; these are not unknown, nor are they insurmountable within the sphere of human reasoning. What may seem...
Richard: Let me ask another question that can be a bit personal. But if it isn't personal, it can be difficult to wrap our minds around things and be receptive...
Michael: A reply can be really irrelevant without the other party establishing what is acceptable. You may take 4 hours researching the issues at hand and the...
Your analogy does have some application, but basically is flawed in regard to what we're doing here. It is fundamental in biblical criticism that each and...
Richard: You are mixed up Richard, because I did not saying anything, those are question marks after the words, which means I did not say it, I asked you what...
This in Chap. 1, quoting Origin, Against Ceslus, may be the point here: "[The Christians'] injunctions are like this: 'Let no one educated, no one wise, no one...
Ed, the problem is that you lack clarity, which causes complications. So did I give you my idea of evidence? If so, do you agree? If not, why?--and support...
Sorry to be so abrupt there. Even though you use question marks, you imply positive statements, more or less "can we really question these matters." But of...
... So what if he found mistakes... does that change God's purpose? Consider the constitution that is 230 years old. It is hard to read and deteriorating. It...
Some of you may have in your libraries a copy of the late Dr. Bruce M. Metzger's oft quoted volume entitled Manuscripts of the Greek Bible-- An Introduction to...
On page 3 of my recent book entitled Examining Criticisms of the Bible, I wrote: "If the Creator invested effort in the production of a written communication,...
Richard, I wanted to start a new thread in view of developing convolution. You Said: In the introduction of this book (MJ), Ehrman describes his personal ...
It appears to have worked by selecting *Times New Roman* font. Did anyone not receive the Greek? ... -- Michael Hall It appears to have worked by selecting...
Yes, that argument is rather standard. TC is the only tool available to attempt restoration of a putative original, but its limits are immense. Richard. ... ...
Very good research, imo, Hal. Metzger points out ("The Text of the New Testament, Its Transmissions, Corruption, and Restoration", 1992) that the earliest...
Richard/Hal: In his book Misquoting Jesus there is this theme: "I kept reverting to my basic question: how does it help us to say that the Bible is the...
Ed, I realize you have an extensive knowledge of TC. I have some of your remarks, from Liberty Univ., in my files from other forums, at least one: Jim West's...
Richard/Michael/Hal/Steve: Since we all seem to be in this together thus far, not saying that other are not welcome to join. What I want to do is take our time...
Richard: We seem to do this dance. At this point, I am not addressing evidence here. I was simply opening up with Erhman's portrayal of the evidence. When you...
Richard, be careful. You have not diminished the strength of textual criticism because you say it is a "standard" argument making the case of an isomorph to...
Richard, I did not see your review of some of the early mss evidence for the NT. This tells me you have read some of the relevant literature on this subject. I...
Thank you Hal. Apparently we're supposed to be doing TC here, although not really so much as would be Ehrman's "The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture," the...
What review? Did I miss something? Apparently you are referring to my mention of Metzger's outline of types of corruptions? What is your point you think was...
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