How the Bible Was Forged

Bart Ehrman discusses his book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God – Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are.

It is often said, even by critical scholars who should know better, that “writing in the name of another” was widely accepted in antiquity.

But New York Times bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman dares to call it what it was: literary forgery, a practice that was as scandalous then as it is today.

In the ancient world, forgeries were used as weapons by unknown authors to fend off attacks to their faith and establish their church.

So, if many of the books in the Bible were not in fact written by Jesus’s inner circle – but by writers living decades later, with differing agendas in rival communities – what does that do to the authority of Scripture?

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http://profiles.google.com/jonathonwisnoski jonathon wisnoski
The summery seems to be implying what I believe is a false hood.
It is implying that the we actually have some texts form Jesus’ inner circle, but I believe (and certainly all the mainstream literature) was written well after (I believe to the earliest is like 20 years after his death and most of it does not really start until late enough that everyone alive then would be dead).
Yes the bibles contains many later addition (forgeries), but they were editing books and letters that could not have come from Jesus’s inner circle to begin with (if you even believe that he existed).
dewflirt
Repetitive and tangled talk. Never seems to finish what he’s saying, interrupts himself and says lots of things twice. He may have something good to say, I’ll never know. Can’t listen :)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sheila-Kotze/698606733 Sheila Kotze
In the video he addresses that… That there were claims of being written by Jesus’s inner circle, but was not. The authors chooses to use the words… “so if MANY” implying not all written later.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sheila-Kotze/698606733 Sheila Kotze
Odd… I understood everything and it made sense. You can see maybe he is not a great public speaker.. but otherwise.. I had no trouble following.
dewflirt
I found it distracting, waiting for him to get to the point :)
over the edge
@dewflirt
i agree that he can be hard to listen to and explains things in too much detail sometimes but his knowledge and insights are well researched and backed up. he has other talks and debates on youtube this one was great but not my favorite
dewflirt
OK, maybe I’ll give him another chance. He’d better appreciate it! Might have been me, it promised so much and he didn’t get there quickly enough for me, I listen faster than he speaks ;)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Farking-Spamhell/608791907 Farking Spamhell
great talk… very informative….
most Muslims believe in the prophet Jesus but state that many of the stories about him are not true… the central message of peace, love..etc is what he is known for but the crucifixion, resurrection, “son of g-d” are greek/roman add ons…
the ancient form of Judo/Christianity is nearly lost now and has been replaced by modern Paulinian Christianity which most Christians around the world practice today.
Its likely that the original Christians just as the original Jews (all from the middle east) have mostly converted to Islam.