In my last post I discussed two things that get under my skin in professional contexts, making me blow my top (to mix the metaphor): ignorance posing as expertise (not just in biblical studies but generally) and facile answers, by “experts,” to the biggest personal/philosophical/religious problem people have to face, why there is suffering in the world if there is an all powerful and loving God in charge of it. Read by Petra Ortiz
Bart invites blog members to a free course through his two-year-old venture, Bart Ehrman Courses Online, Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Dr. Ehrman describes his first-year seminar, "Jesus in Scholarship and Film" and includes the syllabus for the course.
Bart presents evidence that Pilate would not have bowed to the burial practices of Jews in allowing decent burials for those who were crucified....