In His Apologetic Book Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, Bart Ehrman Shares His Faith in Jesus With Atheists
Topic for discussion: Bart Ehrman’s faith in Jesus
Bart Ehrman (in this YouTube debates, lectures
and especially in his 2013 book) clearly states that he
believes in Jesus . . . that Jesus existed (getting his “facts” from textual
evidence of faith: The Bible, Patristic sources (along two short paragraphs from
Josephus)), but mostly by using the New Testament to prove the New Testament.
Moreover, as a believer
in Jesus (notice I did not use the term Christ), Ehrman's apologetic book attacks non-believer such has atheists Robert Price and Richard
Carrier for their lack of faith in Jesus. However, unlike Robert M. Grant (Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus of
Humanities and of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago) whose book, Second-Century Christianity: A Collection of Fragments, 2nd
ed. (Louisville, Westminster Press, 2003) cannot locate the name Jesus in
any second century Pagan Witnesses, Bart Ehrman seems
to find Jesus everywhere!
Thus, based on the type and
kind of textual evidence used; how does Bart Ehrman not have faith in Jesus?
Up Date: Ehrman tells NPR (National Public Radio) why the world needs his Jesus:
Up Date: Ehrman tells NPR (National Public Radio) why the world needs his Jesus:
When Raz asks Ehrman about his relationship to Jesus, Ehrman
says that most of it is very historical but that Jesus teaches us valuable
lessons.
"Jesus' teachings of love, and mercy and forgiveness, I
think, really should dominate our lives," he says. "On the personal
level, I agree with many of the ethical teachings of Jesus and I try to model
my life on them, even though I don't agree with the apocalyptic framework in
which they were put."
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