How We Got Our Bible: Manuscript Tradition
This article is part 6 in a nine-part series on how we got our Bible. Part 1 dealt with inspiration and inerrancy. Part 2 looked at Old Testament development. Part 3 investigate the Old...
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The Number of New Testament Textual Variants Doesn’t Matter
“There are more variations among our manuscripts than words in the New Testament. This common refrain by Bart Ehrman in Misquoting Jesus is meant to have a shock and awe effect on conservative Christians. It’s meant to...
Was the Deity of Christ a Legendary Development?
Skeptics of all stripes vehemently deny the deity of Christ. Besides their a priori commitment to philosophical naturalism, a major argument they put forth is that the earliest Christians didn’t believe Jesus was divine. Rather, this belief...
Was Apollonius of Tyana a Jesus Parallel?
Bart Ehrman is the most popular skeptic in America today. Writing at super-sonic rates, his books seem to find their way on the New York Times Bestseller list about every other year. Because of his...