Saturday, April 1, 2017

Bart Ehrman vs. James White, Did the Bible Misquote Jesus?

I finally got round to watching the Bart Ehrman and James White debate, Did the Bible Misquote Jesus? Ehrman has the debate hosted on his You Tube account in two parts:







Personally, while White has more experience in public debates and this came out a bit during the debate, Ehrman won the debate, 6-4 if not 7-3 in terms of scholarly argumentation. But don’t take my word; watch the debate and decide for yourself.

Further Reading

Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (2d ed)

Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th ed)

Philip Comfort, New Testament Text and Translation Commentary

Philip Comfort and David P. Barrett, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2d ed)

Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament: Manuscript, Patristic, and Apocryphal Evidence, ed. Daniel B. Wallace

James R. White, The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust Modern Translations? (2d ed)