{"id":317,"date":"2009-04-17T05:31:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T05:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/my-interview-with-bart-ehrman.html"},"modified":"2009-04-17T05:31:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T05:31:10","slug":"my-interview-with-bart-ehrman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/my-interview-with-bart-ehrman.html","title":{"rendered":"My Interview with Bart Ehrman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bartehrmanshow.jpg\"<\/span>Earlier this week, I interviewed Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar at UNC. We talked about his latest book, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know about Them)<\/i><\/a>. <\/i>Among the other topics: philosophical hermeneutics, seminary education, preaching, conspiracy theories, and his Holy Week appearance on The Colbert Report<\/i>. <\/p>\n

I think we had a really enjoyable conversation, and he pretty much stayed off his usual talking points from this book tour. What I’m saying is, he’s done a lot of media in the last couple months, but I don’t think he’s gotten too many questions about philosophical hermeneutics.<\/p>\n

While I am sorry that Bart lost his faith, I think he’s an honest guy. His the contradictions in scripture are not “hidden” from me, so he didn’t reveal them. And they don’t tempt me to abandon faith — not at all. So my real interest was in Bart’s motivation for writing these popular books that debunk the literalist, inerrantist, objectivist readings of the Bible. I think, by the end of the half hour, we got there.<\/p>\n

I’m really looking forward to your comments on the interview.<\/p>\n

Link to the audio after the jump.<\/p>\n


\nTo listen, click on the link below, or right click and “Save As” to download the mp3.<\/p>\n

Tony Jones Interviews Bart Ehrman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
(Thanks to Tripp<\/a> and Chad<\/a> at Homebrewed Christianity<\/a> for hosting the audio. The interview will be part of a future HBC podcast.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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