by Bart D. Ehrman
Absolutely fascinating book about approaching the Bible as a historical document for scholarly review/comparison. As an atheist, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this but it made me consider the Bible in a completely different way.I'm now moving on to Ehrman's other titles.
If you'd like to take a New Testament course with a popular professor, here you go. You can totally understand why he'd be popular. Each chapter addresses some aspect of the research that goes into an historical-critical model, he lets us know what is consensus, and what is fringe. He explains the t...
I’m going to catch Hell for this………..The Bible is the most boring book ever written. Ever. This book has some very interesting observations and conclusions, but the author admitted he was delving into the minutia of the Bible but that he just couldn’t help himself, he then stated “I’m going to sto...
Ehrman explains the issues and current scholarship regarding the Bible and the historical Jesus where anyone can understand them. Highly recommended.
I never did figure out what the title of this book is supposed to mean, but it doesn't matter. The secondary title is most relevant. Ehrman is a biblical scholar in the "historical-critical" school and he really knows his stuff. Scholarly but quite readable, fascinating, and provocative.
Bart Ehrman is joining Jonathan Kirsch as a writer whose earlier books I admire and enjoyed but whose more recent works are largely rehashes and (worse) often poorly written and edited. Jesus, Interrupted doesnt' cover any territory not already covered in Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus or Lost Christiani...
I recommend the review of this book by Trevor at the following link:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74600559The following is my review written five months ago:There is nothing new or revolutionary in this book for anyone who has studied bible in a mainline seminary or divinity school (or in my ...