Misquoting Jesus?

[The_Catholic]

I was in a book store today and I saw a book called “Misquoting Jesus.” I forget who the author was but when I looked on the back of the book I saw one of the subjects it talked about is in the Gospel of John when Jesus let the woman go who the Pharisees had caught in adultry. This guy said that that part of the Bible doesn’t belong in the Holy Scriptures and that ancient scribes had made many mistakes in translating the books of the Bible.

Anyone else here of this?

 

[whowantsumadebo]

Bart Erhman is a renowned scholar, but this book recedes into sensationalism more akin to John Shelby Spong. It’s a low-down-dirty-shame to convince laypeople that the Church “changed” the Bible to suit her doctrines. It’s really nothing to be afraid of, but here’s a nice little review by another renowned scholar:
denverseminary.edu/dj/articles2006/0200/0206.php
It should help.

 

[The_Catholic]

Thanks. I personaly believe that the verses in John about the woman caught in adultry and the ending of Mark are not “additions.” I’m no scholar but how does anyone know this for sure? I think God would not have allowed these “additions” to be crept into his word if they were not true or “God-breathed.” Translations have had grammar errors I agree but I don’t believe anything has been taken out OR added to the Holy Scriptures since Carthage 397 A.D.My personal beliefs

 

[Contarini]

The Catholic:

I was in a book store today and I saw a book called “Misquoting Jesus.” I forget who the author was but when I looked on the back of the book I saw one of the subjects it talked about is in the Gospel of John when Jesus let the woman go who the Pharisees had caught in adultry. This guy said that that part of the Bible doesn’t belong in the Holy Scriptures and that ancient scribes had made many mistakes in translating the books of the Bible.

Anyone else here of this?

The book is by Bart Ehrman. I’ve glanced through it and none of what he says seems particularly new or shocking. Ehrman was taught a strict version of Biblical inerrancy (he went to Moody Bible Institute), and when he discovered the textual variants he decided that they disproved the entire faith he had been taught (at least that’s basically how he describes it in the book). He admits in the book that the variants are almost all unimportant–only a few of them concern major doctrinal issues.

The story of the woman caught in adultery clearly does not belong textually with the rest of the Gospel of John. Again, there’s nothing particularly new or shocking about this claim. That doesn’t mean that the passage is not inspired–simply that it doesn’t seem to have been part of the original version.

Edwin

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

His book misquoting Jesus is nothing more than a basic introduction to textual criticism for lay people.
bible.org/page.asp?page_id=3452

As for his other book, orthodox corruption of scripture see from world cat this thesis,

An examination of the orthodoxy of the variants in light of Bart Ehrman’s The Orthodox corruption of scripture
Stratton L Ladewig

2000
English Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript : Microform Archival Material Internet Resource iii, 80 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Descriptor: Heresies, Christian – History – Early church, ca. 30-600.
Named Person: Ehrman, Bart D. Orthodox corruption of scripture.
Jesus Christ – History of doctrines – Early church, ca. 30-600.
Title Subject: Bible. N.T. – Criticism, Textual.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-80)./ Dissertation: Thesis (Th. M.)–Dallas Theological Seminary, 2000./ Reproduction: Microfiche./ Portland, Or. Theological Research Exchange Network,/ 2001./ 1 microfiche : negative./ (Theological Research Exchange Network ; #001-0759).
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Responsibility: by Stratton L. Ladewig.
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation (deg); Manuscript (mss); Microfiche (mfc)
Document Type: Book; Archival Material; Internet Resource
Entry: 20011010
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Accession No: OCLC: 48120533
Database: WorldCat

 

[GodsDNAdotNet]

I just finished listenting to Bart’s audiobook this week. This is clear, Jesus wrote nothing. His words and works are what witnesses heard and saw. It’s clear God left the keys to the Church with Peter (and it’s need to pass the teachings and traditions through the Church) for a reason. To write words is human. To err is human. For any man or woman, even the Apostles, to write a single word is to write a potential error as an act of human-ness. As one poster before this wisely said, the purpose of the Bible is to mine the golden truth of God’s words out of it. Thank God for God’s Church on Earth, or none of Christ’s truth would live on. -GodsDNA dot net (www.GodsDNA.net)).