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Jan 08, 2012
Laura Lee
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I would probably do 3 1/2 if there were such a thing. Better than average, but because the concept of a historical critical reading of the Bible is not news to me, I found that this book spent an inordinate amount of time explaining the concept. Once it gets started, the reminder that each book of the bible was written separately with its own point of view and the device of using contradictions between different books to show their different perspectives and emphases is instructive. It is a good
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This was a fascinating read for me. Initially, I was skeptical about Ehrman's scholarship, since he made some points that were fairly easily explained away. However, as I continued, I found that he consistently made good points using proper research and critical thinking. Naturally some of the so-called "discrepancies" will not be accepted as such by those that don't want them to be, but when your objective is to LOOK for discrepancies, you are a lot more likely not to offer alternative explanat
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