Bart Ehrman interpreted: how one radical New Testament scholar understands another PDF
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BART EHRMAN INTERPRETED How One Radical New Testament Scholar Understands Another robert m. price pitchstone publishing , durham north carolina BART EHRMAN INTERPRETED Pitchstone Publishing Durham, North Carolina www.pitchstonepublishing.com Copyright © 2018 by Robert M. Price All rights reserved Printed in the USA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Price, Robert M., 1954- author. Title: Bart Ehrman interpreted : how one radical New Testament scholar understands another / Robert M. Price. Description: Durham, North Carolina : Pitchstone Publishing, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2017058143 (print) | LCCN 2018002214 (ebook) | ISBN 9781634311595 (epub) | ISBN 9781634311601 (ePDF) | ISBN 9781634311618 ( mobi) | ISBN 9781634311588 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Ehrman, Bart D. | New Testament scholars. Classification: LCC BS2351.E47 (ebook) | LCC BS2351.E47 P75 2018 (print) | DDC 220.6092—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017058143 Cover photo by Dan Sears Dedicated to Lori and Kevin Carlisle, A Pair of Beloved Friends, Spiritual Family, and Savvy Theologians CONTENTS Introduction: Hopefully Not Misquoting Bart 9 1. Apoplectic Prophet 15 2. Agnostic Apologist 65 3. When I Get That Feeling I Want Textual Healing 141 4. Blessed Are the Cheese Makers 167 5. No Talk of God Then, We Called You a Man 205 6. The Way, the Truth, and the Lie 233 About the Author 255 7 INTRODUCTION HOPEFULLY NOT MISQUOTING BART Bart D. Ehrman has performed a great service by introducing many new readers to crucial questions of biblical criticism in a series of books both scholarly and popular. In this his work recalls that of Edgar J. Goodspeed and Robert W. Funk, both of whom were great scholars but refused to barricade themselves in the academic ivory tower. Concerned neither to protect the faithful from the discomfort of critical challenges nor to protect themselves from the ire of the faithful, these scholars insisted on “taking it to the streets.” Unafraid of controversy, they knew their work would offer relief and new hope to many who loved scripture but could no longer suppress their questions (“doubts”) about it. Professor Ehrman has not avoided controversy but has even invited it by his refusal to hide behind diplomatic and equivocal language. My goal in the present book, Bart Ehrman Interpreted, is to expound on and to evaluate his work under six headings: the apocalyptic Jesus, the Christ Myth theory, textual criticism, oral tradition, the evolution of New Testament Christology, and scriptural forgery (“pseudepigraphy”). Throughout, my approach will be irenic and collegial, rejecting polemics. I will defend Dr. Ehrman’s work against conservative/apologetical attacks upon it. I will also suggest a number of points at which he seems to me insufficiently or inconsistently critical in his judgments. I believe and hope this book will prompt much fruitful and positive discussion of Professor Ehrman’s 9
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