tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6577468155542434838..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: A Review Of The White/Ehrman Debate On The New Testament TextRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28172363399625224912009-04-20T08:33:00.000-04:002009-04-20T08:33:00.000-04:00Jason, I found this post to be extremely helpful. ...Jason, I found this post to be extremely helpful. I'm writing as a layman who's only beginning to understand all that's involved with looking at "textual issues". <br /><br />For example, I've got both the Aland book "New Testament Texts," as well as the Metzger/Ehrman work on the same topic. I had no idea, but each and every manuscript is named and catalogued, by where it was found, other who might have copied it, what textual variations or "family" it might have come from, etc. (I'm greatly simplifying here and am only working from memory). <br /><br />This is an incredibly complex discipline, requiring knowledge of languages, history, archaeological research, etc., and yet, this discipline is probably as close to "where the rubber meets the road" as any other discipline. It's where (as you alluded) great damage can be done by individuals like Ehrman and his pseudo-followers, and where diligent work (such as that done by White) can go a long, long way to demonstrating the authenticity of Christianity to a largely unbelieving world.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com