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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Ehrman-Evans Debate: Does the New Testament Misquote Jesus?

Listen or watch the March 31, 2010 debate between two prominent New Testament scholars: Dr. Dr. Craig Evans and Dr. Bart Ehrman on the topic: Does the New Testament Misquote Jesus? The format revolves around 7 critical questions on the topic:

  1. Are the gospels historically reliable?
  2. Do the gospels accurately preserve the teachings of Jesus Christ?
  3. Do the gospels accurately preserve the activities of Jesus Christ?
  4. Do the gospels contain eyewitness tradition?
  5. Do archaeologists and historians use the gospels as sources?
  6. Have the gospels been accurately preserved done through the centuries
  7. Do scribal errors and textual variants significantly impact any teaching of Jesus or any important Christian teaching?

Video can be found here. Full 90-minute debate MP3 Audio here.

(HT: Justin Taylor)

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