Yeah i reckon he's dead wrong about Josephus, saying that the Christians merely inserted into the existing verse seems bizarre, Again Bob Price has a far more thought out and compelling argument.
Ehrman does not argue from archeology, but from the references to Nazareth in manuscripts from the 2nd to 3rd CE, he somewhat strangely insists that this must have been what was written in the 70th CE original, though unlike his other arguments he fails to provide the solid historical critical factors, such as literary consistency and socio-political edits.
Ehrman does not argue from archeology, but from the references to Nazareth in manuscripts from the 2nd to 3rd CE, he somewhat strangely insists that this must have been what was written in the 70th CE original, though unlike his other arguments he fails to provide the solid historical critical factors, such as literary consistency and socio-political edits.
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