Sunday, December 16, 2007

Dr. Bart Ehrman - Historically Accurate Criticism of the Bible

I Heard Dr. Ehrman on NPR when his book came out. I've been wanting to know more, and this lecture fills the gap.

An amazing lecture on biblical manuscript tampering by Dr. Bart Ehrman. Dr. Ehrman is a professor and the chairman of Religious Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also the author of the book "Misquoting Jesus."

Dr. Bart Ehrman was an evangelical Christian as a teenager, and was very interested in what he thought was God's true message. However, Dr. Ehrman's subsequent close analysis of the Bible and research into the field of textual criticism destroyed his faith in the Bible.

Dr Ehrman is now an agnostic, and is a prime example of someone who has looked at Christianity deeply but found it to be faulty as a religion.

This lecture is part of the "Heyns Lecture Series," and took place in Stanford University.



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2 comments:

Mike said...

Hey Bill,

This was interesting! I wish the link had had the entire lecture. Have you stumbled across the lecture in its entirety anywhere?

william harryman said...

Hey Mike,

Try this link. It should be the whole lecture in parts (but all in one video) on YouTube.

Peace,
Bill