Uploaded: 22 Jun 2018 (8 years ago) · Shared: 23 Jun 2018
Duration: 2:26
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Renowned biblical scholar Bart Ehrman explores how modern Christians hold varying perspectives on what truly constitutes sacred scripture and the official biblical canon. While the Bible serves as a central pillar of Christian faith, different traditions across the global Church define its contents uniquely. This thought-provoking discussion delves into early history, theological developments, and textual traditions that shaped these foundational writings over centuries.
Understanding the evolution of scriptural canons offers valuable context for interfaith dialogue among followers of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. By examining how sacred texts like the Bible, Torah, and Quran are understood, preserved, and interpreted, believers and scholars gain a deeper appreciation for comparative religious history. Explore this captivating analysis of ancient manuscripts, spiritual heritage, and the diverse perspectives that continue to influence how sacred literature is read and venerated today.
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Who is Bart Ehrman?Bart Ehrman (born 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of New Testament, historical Jesus, and development of early Christianity. Ehrman has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He has also authored six New York Times bestsellers. He is currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
What is The Bible?The Bible is a canonical collection of texts sacred in Judaism and Christianity. There is no single "Bible" and many Bibles with varying contents exist. The term Bible is shared between Judaism and Christianity, although the contents of each of their collections of canonical texts is not the same. Different religious groups include different books within their Biblical canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books. The Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, contains 24 books. Christian Bibles range from the 66 books of the Protestant canon to the 81 books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church canon. The first part of Christian Bibles is the Old Testament, which contains, at minimum, the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible divided into 39 books and ordered differently from the Hebrew Bible. The Catholic Church and Eastern Christian churches also hold certain deuterocanonical books and passages to be part of the Old Testament canon. The second part is the New Testament, containing 27 books: the 4 Canonical gospels, Acts of the Apostles, 21 Epistles or didactic letters, and the Book of Revelation.
