'Parts of the Bible were written by people who lied about their identity, an author has claimed. Bart D Ehrman claims many books of the New Testament were forged by people pretending to be the apostles Peter, Paul or James. Writing in the Huffington Post, Professor Ehrman, best selling author of 'Misquoting Jesus' and 'Jesus, Interrupted', said religious scholars were well aware of the 'lies' of the Bible.' [Hmm. The Huffington Post, eh?]There was a time when I used to read this sort of bilge, get angry and then proceed to destroy them with logic. More than once have I written treatises utterly destroying the basis of such piffle.
If you want to test the truth of Scripture - test first the Saviour. If you cannot find it in you to yield to Him - then it just doesn't really matter. You are lost anyway. BUT, if you do seek Him in the way the Scriptures describe and - lo and behold - you come to know Him and experience the absolute reality of Him in your life then such works as that of the good prof become a meaningless exercise.
(Incidentally, I note that this gentleman possesses a Hebrew name and origin. I trust that roots in Judaism have not led to any unwarranted biases in his works.)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370206/Bart-D-Ehrman-Parts-Bibles-New-Testament-written-pretend-apostles.html#ixzz1HmNc169r
