It is arguably as of high quality as the age of reason by thomas paine.

It is arguably as of high quality as the age of reason by thomas paine.  Read Less

I would give this book to any christian evangelical who is having a hard time reconciling their life , science, & reason with t...  Read More

I would give this book to any christian evangelical who is having a hard time reconciling their life , science, & reason with the ridiculous idea that the bible is the word of god.  Read Less

Billions of people have done that – categorizing as the infallible word of god a book obviously burdened with the flaws of huma...  Read More

Billions of people have done that – categorizing as the infallible word of god a book obviously burdened with the flaws of human fallibility.  Read Less

The book takes a slight dip in chapter 5, when ehrman introduces the “other” sources for the alleged events of jesus’s life, na...  Read More

The book takes a slight dip in chapter 5, when ehrman introduces the “other” sources for the alleged events of jesus’s life, namely by using the q hypothesis.  Read Less

In fact, more recent scholarship has essentially refuted the hypothetical q source (see mark goodacre’s “the case against q” fo...  Read More

In fact, more recent scholarship has essentially refuted the hypothetical q source (see mark goodacre’s “the case against q” for an in depth refutation of the q hypothesis).  Read Less

As ehrman states, the victorious christian sect “acquired more converts than any of the others, eventually stamped out all of i...  Read More

As ehrman states, the victorious christian sect “acquired more converts than any of the others, eventually stamped out all of its competition, declared itself orthodox, argued that its views really were those of jesus and the apostles, claimed that it had always been the majority view, and then – as a final coup de grace – rewrote the history of the conflict.  Read Less