tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post644340303669073474..comments2024-03-16T17:18:50.797+08:00Comments on The Agora: How Christians Successfully Recover The Bible TextUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-53155168916950907882011-04-06T12:26:01.877+08:002011-04-06T12:26:01.877+08:00Hello Arah
These questions are too simplistic. It...Hello Arah<br /><br />These questions are too simplistic. It shows a lack of understanding on what the OT and NT are. <br /><br />First mistake: No one claims that any of the NT books is written by Jesus. They are mostly written by His followers who were trained and chosen by Him. <br /><br />Second mistake: The OT is comprised of 39 books written over hundreds of years so how can Moses write all of them? :) If you are willing to read the Alkitab for yourself, (to avoid confusion) you would find that many OT books carry names of the prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah etc. <br /><br />Jesus claims that whoever has seen Him and seen the Father. He and God the Father are one. No human prophet can claim this. Hope that helps!Hedonesehttp://hedonese1.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-90496972925541379622011-04-05T17:49:33.837+08:002011-04-05T17:49:33.837+08:00Simple questions.
Who wrote the Old Testament? So...Simple questions.<br /><br />Who wrote the Old Testament? Some said it was written by Moses, is it true or false?<br /><br />Who wrote the New Testament? Some said it was written by Jesus,is it true or false?<br /><br />Did Jesus teach Trinity in the bible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-56245083510680197222011-04-05T16:32:37.695+08:002011-04-05T16:32:37.695+08:00Hello Arah,
Unlike the Koran, the Bible has been...Hello Arah, <br /><br />Unlike the Koran, the Bible has been openly investigated with modern (sometimes secularistic) methods of historiography. If the same methods employed by Ehrman and other 'good' (translated liberal) scholars are used on the Koran, you'd find the exact same conclusions. So its beyond ironic that you should use double standards in evaluating both Scriptures :) I guess the urge to please certain clientele is double-edged<br /><br />There are plenty of well respected conservative scholars and historians (non-fundies) who raise strong historical objections against claims of pseudepigraphy in the canon. Name-calling does not a good argument make. I've advanced some arguments against pseudonymous writings in the canon here<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/27115537/Review-the-Pseudepigraphy-ArticleHedonesehttp://theagora.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-12149372599731690492011-04-05T03:17:12.131+08:002011-04-05T03:17:12.131+08:00Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters
Apart from...Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters<br /><br />Apart from the most rabid fundamentalists among us, nearly everyone admits that the Bible might contain errors -- a faulty creation story here, a historical mistake there, a contradiction or two in some other place. But is it possible that the problem is worse than that -- that the Bible actually contains lies?<br />Most people wouldn't put it that way, since the Bible is, after all, sacred Scripture for millions on our planet. But good Christian scholars of the Bible, including the top Protestant and Catholic scholars of America, will tell you that the Bible is full of lies, even if they refuse to use the term. And here is the truth: Many of the books of the New Testament were written by people who lied about their identity, claiming to be a famous apostle -- Peter, Paul or James -- knowing full well they were someone else. In modern parlance, that is a lie, and a book written by someone who lies about his identity is a forgery.<br /><br />Most modern scholars of the Bible shy away from these terms, and for understandable reasons, some having to do with their clientele. Teaching in Christian seminaries, or to largely Christian undergraduate populations, who wants to denigrate the cherished texts of Scripture by calling them forgeries built on lies? And so scholars use a different term for this phenomenon and call such books "pseudepigrapha."<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bart-d-ehrman/the-bible-telling-lies-to_b_840301.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com