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January 24, 2023
The First Christian Martyr Text?
In my previous post I talked about a textual problem in the early Christian writing, "The Martyrdom of Polycarp." To my surprise, I've never talked about this intriguing text on the blog before. It's time I did! This is one of the books of the corpus I've been calling "The Apostolic Fathers," a collection of [...]
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January 23, 2023
Vote on Your Favorite Platinum Post!
Dear Platinum members, We have had some provocative platinum guest posts , and now it's time to vote to see which of the following will be posted on the blog at large. Take a look. To vote, just send a quick note to Diane at ehrmanblog@gmail.com Your deadline: this coming Saturday, 01/28/2022 midnight your time. [...]
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A Spectacular Martyrdom and an Intriguing Textual Change
Outside the New Testament there are some truly terrific early Christian writings, including accounts of early martyrs. And sometimes we know know what the authors of these texts actually wrote, because our surviving manuscripts have differences. Sometimes rather bizarre differences. There are lots and lots of textual variants in the various writings of the apostolic [...]
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January 22, 2023
The New Testament Ain’t the Only Text with Important Scribal Changes!
Readers of the blog will know that I've talked a lot about scribal changes in the writings of the New Testament, making it difficult to know what the author originally wrote. Which in turn makes it difficult to know what a translator should translate. Which words?? The ones in this manuscript, or in that manuscript, [...]
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January 21, 2023
Are the Gospels Anti-Jewish?
I was recently asked if I'd be willing to do a lecture on whether the Gospels are anti-Semitic. I've dealt with the issue on the blog before, but thought it might be useful to return to a particularly interesting feature of the Gospels that can contribute to an answer. I should say at the outset [...]
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January 19, 2023
What’s So Hard about Translating Ancient Texts?
Publishing a translation of an ancient text ain't at all like writing a book about the text. When the editor at Harvard Press asked me if I would be interested in doing a new edition of the Apostolic Fathers for the Loebs, she wasn’t offering me the opportunity then and there. She was suggesting that [...]
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January 18, 2023
Watching Notes for Jesus of Montreal! (My Favorite Jesus Movie!)
A number of you have signed up to come to our Blog Movie Club discussion this Sunday, January 22, 4:00-5:30 EST, to discuss my favorite Jesus Movie of all time, "Jesus of Montreal." Some of you who have not yet signed up may be interested in coming once your learn what the movie is about. [...]
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What About Translations of Other Ancient Christian Writings?
I've been talking about translations of the Bible -- especially the King James Version -- and I'd like now to move to a broader issue. EVERY text from the ancient world needs to be translated in order to be made accessible to a modern audience. Hey, we're not back in the 19th century when going [...]
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January 17, 2023
Do All Modern Translators of the New Testament Translate the Same Greek Text?
If someone translates the New Testament today into English, French, Arabic, or Swahili -- what exactly are they translating? They must have access to some kind of Greek text. But what? Are there lots to choose from out there? Are they wildly different from one another? I pointed out in my previous post that the [...]
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January 15, 2023
Armageddon! My New Book on the Revelation of John.
I’m excited to say that my book on the Apocalypse of John (a.k.a. the Book of Revelation) will be published and available on March 21. The End is Near! Here is a brief synopsis of what it’s about: ****************************** The Apocalypse of John (Book of Revelation) is the most mystifying and misunderstood book [...]
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