BSC After Dark 13. Bart (Ehrman)'s Nightmare 4: First Clement(e).
Added 2022-10-02 16:31:44 +0000 UTCThe response to Bart Ehrman's "Did Jesus Exist?" continues, with an overview of his next "non-gospel" source for Jesus: the gigantic, fraudulent imposition knows as the First Letter of Clement.
The topics discussed include, viz.: whether Clement's Jesus sayings are taken from a written source; why the traditional arguments for the letter's early date make no sense; what New Testament documents the author may have had access to; how chapters 1 and 2 of Romans derive from a secondary source; how to say the title of Bart Ehrman's book; additional references to Pliny's Letter in Tertullian's "Ad Scapulam," several anachronisms that appear in First Clement; early attestation of the letter including the alleged "Dionysius of Corinth;" on Matthew' Gospel being composed in Hebrew and why no Church Father ever thought to verify that; and some thoughts on the Mystery of Hegesippus.
This episode is in MP3 format.
