{"id":776,"date":"2006-03-08T06:01:31","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/03\/ehrman-and-misquoting-jesus.html"},"modified":"2006-03-08T06:01:31","modified_gmt":"2006-03-08T06:01:31","slug":"ehrman-and-misquoting-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/03\/ehrman-and-misquoting-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Ehrman and Misquoting Jesus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bart Ehrman, in his new book, Misquoting Jesus<\/em>, tells his story: how he found an evangelical faith, attended Moody, Wheaton and then Princeton — during which time he came to the conclusion that the Bible is simply a human book. Here’s his story<\/a>. What did you think of his book?
\nI have a short review coming out in Covenant Companion<\/em> of the book, and I don’t want to spill those beans here, and I am considering an even longer response soon.
\nThere are lots of things to discuss about Ehrman’s book, but one of the most significant is a question we need to face more often: Why did God permit so many variations (variants) to the original Gospels and letters of Paul and the other books in the NT? I don’t think Bart faces the kinds of differences fairly in his book — after all, most of them are entirely insignificant, and neither do I think he interacts enough with those who differ with him on these matters — after all, he isn’t the first to notice these issues. But, I will say this: He asks us to face a good question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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