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BACAW!
James Patrick HoldingTekton [email protected]
Deceit and Cunning in Chapel HillThe Three Mythologies
of Bart Ehrman
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To be sure…he’s no dummy…
…but he’s definitely a man on a mission!
• Doctorate from Princeton• Distinguished Professor at UNC• Widely published
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From fundamentalist…
…to fundamentalistagnostic??
A Big Change?
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What is textual criticism?
•The art and science of using copies of an ancient text to decide what the original text said• Used on the Bible, as well as secular works• MJ: A great intro…withflaws
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BACAW!
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BACAW!
Lastnightatdinnerisawabundanceonthetable
or ?
“abundance” “a bun dance”
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BACAW!
Lastnightatdinnerisawabundanceonthetabletherewerebreadsandmeatsandcheeseseverywhere
unclehenrytriedtostabotwithhisforkwhileitdidthewatusi
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SORRY! Adam and Jamiecouldn’t make it…so…
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Withholding the Whole Truth: Myth #1
There are no originals of the NT left today – BIG PROBLEM!
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BUSTED!Yes, we have no NT
originals…but the same is true for all ancient
documents, and secular historians aren’t worried!
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Tacitus (all works)
New Testament
Date of Earliest Copies (Years After Written)
Number of Copies
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Withholding the Whole Truth: Myth #2
There were significant changes made to
the NT records – BIG PROBLEM!
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BUSTED!Yes, we have evidence for both accidental and even a
few intentional changes…but they’re not a problem.
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Mountains from Molehillls:
Digging Out the Facts
Variants!!!
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Knocking Down
Spelling mistakes, slips
of the pen
= 70%
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Types of Manuscript Variants
Spelling or “typographical” errors.
“That hat is too bug for my head.”
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Knocking Down
Use of synonyms or other word
use switches
= 20%
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Types of Manuscript Variants
Word Use Variants.
“Fred loves Wilma.”
“Wilma loves Fred.”
“He stood on the shore.”
“Peter stood on the shore.”
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Knocking Down
Important, but not likely
= 9%
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Types of Manuscript Variants
Important but not likely.
“The Gospel of ____”
“Why does your master eat (and drink) with sinners?”
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Knocking Down
Significant
= 1%
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Types of Manuscript Variants
Significant Errors or Changes
1 Thess. 2:7
Mark 16:9-20
John 8
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Total significant copying errors:
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Withholding the Whole Truth: Myth #3
Some of the changes made seriously affect Christian
belief.
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BUSTED!Not one change or variant
affects any Christian doctrine…unless you don’t
know much about doctrine…or don’t tell the truth about it.
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vs.
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“Always Gay!”
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“Who’s yourDaddy?”
Luke 2:33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was
said about him.
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Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but my Father only
Fact: Motive for omission makes no sense
Fact: It was not left out of the Markan parallel (13:32)
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Mark 1:41 The Angry Jesus
Fact: Jesus had every right to be angry in this passage1 John 5:7-8
“Trinity Text”Fact: This passage is NOT essential to the doctrine of the Trinity…and is widely known to not be authentic
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“The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!”
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For Further Reading
http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nttextcrit.html
http://www.tektonics.org/books/lostehrman.html
http://www.tektonics.org/books/ehrqurvw.html
http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=4000
