Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman Bart and the Bible: What Made Bart Ehrman Change His View on Biblical Inerrancy
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Nov 1, 2022 Dr. Ehrman's view on the Bible changed after studying Greek manuscripts, discussing textual variations, historical examination, and personal reflections on their journey from evangelical Christian to agnostic.
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Famous Passages Not Original
- Some beloved Bible passages, like the woman caught in adultery, are absent from earliest manuscripts.
- Translators keep such passages for tradition, even knowing they likely weren't original.
Textual Variants Challenge Inerrancy
- Discovering textual variants led Ehrman to question biblical inerrancy.
- If God inspired the words, preventing scribal changes should have been ensured, but it wasn't.
Professor's Simple Insight
- Bart Ehrman wrote a complex paper trying to resolve a textual contradiction in Mark during graduate school.
- His professor simply said, "maybe Mark just made a mistake," which changed Ehrman's view profoundly.