Isn’t the New Testament a corrupted, unreliable text?
March 3, 2015
- Please Listen to the Wayne State Debate Prior to 3/31/2015
- Archived at http://wayne.edu/live and on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/l43qufj
- Refer to Bruce Russell “God Debate” Handout as you listen and take notes
- Last class in this course (April 7, 2014): The Problem of Evil (Introduced 3/31)
- Final Exam (Take-Home) is due at 7 pm April 7.
- Archived at http://wayne.edu/live and on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/l43qufj
- Shortened Class on March 24: Visit with MCREST guests after class and help clean up.
- Questions and Answers from Last Week’s Discussions and the Readings for This Evening
- Quiz and Review of Quiz
- Follow-Up Discussion: Chapter 6: Where did the New Testament Come From; and Chapter 7: Is the New Testament Reliable
- Who Chose the Books and How Were They Chosen
- Who Wrote the Books
- Dating the Gospels
- Dating Paul’s Writings
- What about the Books that were Left Out?
- Textual Criticism / Transmission
- Manuscript Authority / Thousands of Errors?
- Archaeological/Non-Christian Writings
- Kyle Butt: “That Which We have Seen and Heard,” at http://tinyurl.com/o3gfm28
- Discussion
- Introduction: Isn’t the Old Testament a corrupted, unreliable text? (Chapter 8)
- Existential Questions:
- (How) Can I trust what I am reading in the Old Testament?
- (Why) Should this book matter to me?
- Is the story true? Is the depiction of God true?
- Where do I Look for the Answers?
- In the Bible?
- Outside of the Bible?
- The Key Question: Is the Old Testament Reliable?
- Why pay attention to the Old Testament?
- T A N A K H: Torah, Nevim, Ketuvim
- Noted by Josephus
- The Septuagint
- The Talmudists
- The Massoretes
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Christ’s Teachings on the Old Testament
- Matthew 5:17-18; 11:13; 12:39; 15:3-4; 22:31-32, 40; 24:15-16; 26:56
- Mark 12:36; Luke 4:21; 11:49-51; 16:16-17, 31; 18:31; 24:44
- For Next Week:
- Read Holman text: Chapter 08: Is the Old Testament Reliable?
- Garry K. Brantley, “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Integrity” http://tinyurl.com/ogddb94
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