I have been listening to Bart Ehrman on Youtube and he is fascinating to listen to given his knowledge of the New Testament, but I am curious as to which of his books is best to read first and might show the historical way in which of the gospels are false, or of some dubious origin.
As I posted in my introduction I am of a pentecostal background. While I am interested in the new testament I am stunned by some of the stuff I have seen of the old testament about beating slaves etc. which were supposedly spoken by God himself.
So, if there is any book that deals with both new and old testament I would be interested in that as well, but definitely I would prefer a book that gives solid historical facts as to why the books of old or new testament are historically suspect or without proof, and preferably written by scholars.
I have not listened to the Ehrman debates with Christians on Youtube yet, but I'm sure that will be fun.
As I posted in my introduction I am of a pentecostal background. While I am interested in the new testament I am stunned by some of the stuff I have seen of the old testament about beating slaves etc. which were supposedly spoken by God himself.
So, if there is any book that deals with both new and old testament I would be interested in that as well, but definitely I would prefer a book that gives solid historical facts as to why the books of old or new testament are historically suspect or without proof, and preferably written by scholars.
I have not listened to the Ehrman debates with Christians on Youtube yet, but I'm sure that will be fun.
