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
The apocryphal 3 Corinthians, Bart argues, is a forgery written to oppose forgeries. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Bart presents introductory material from the book he considers his "best piece of scholarship." Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Dr. Ehrman describes the beliefs of the Theodotians, who thought that Jesus was "adopted" as God's son. Read by John Paul Middlesworth