Re: [asa] Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman

> On this note, it's worth mentioning the recent book "Fabricating
> Jesus" by Craig A. Evans (a rather more weighty book than InterVarsity
> Press generally produces, which is a compliment in my view). Evans is
> a well regarded N.T. scholar who sat on the Gospel of Judas
> translation panel. While he does not regard Bart Ehrman as a piece
> with Michael Baigent and Dan Brown, the rhetorical style of the book
> links them as partners in Gospel distortion.

IVP also has in press Timothy Paul Jones' Misquoting Truth,
specifically aimed at Misquoting Jesus (and to some extent, other
Ehrman works).

> > It is important, I think, to put anything by Bart Ehrman into the context.

His context in the UNC Religion department is not exactly a positive
theological recommendation.

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Dr. David Campbell
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