Best Bart Ehrman or other book?

[Angrboda]

I haven't read any Ehrman that I didn't like, so it really depends on specifically what you are interested in. His Misquoting Jesus is good, but if I'm remembering the right book, it's primarily a gentle introduction to higher and lower criticism, and probably is not as interesting from a point of debunking specific books, passages, or doctrine. I found Forged, what I read of it, fascinating. Richard Carrier is another author worth investigatng, and if you haven't discovered infidels.org, there is a whole library of critical essays which take apart or refute various aspects of (primarily western) religion. In addition, you should check out Finkelstein, et al's "Bible Unearthed" - in book form, or as a four part video on Youtube. (the first thread below contains links). In addition, someone posted a thread referring to roughly 20 some odd 10 minute Youtube videos (url below) by the title of "Excavating the Empty Tomb," which contains well done overviews of some of the more popular "problem spots" of the New Testament (about the first 8 videos deal with a specific author's claims that the Marcan narrative was modeled on the Homeric epics [the author's name escapes me atm]).

http://atheistforums.org/thread-18788-po...#pid459778
http://atheistforums.org/thread-19056.html


I'll post more when I get time. Most of my books are in boxes, and it will take some research.