BSC After Dark 12. Bart (Ehrman)'s Nightmare 4: The Letters of Ignatius.
Added 2022-08-30 01:56:33 +0000 UTCIn this bonus show, we continue our miniseries on Bart Ehrman's "Did Jesus Exist?" with today's focus being the (fake) letters of Ignatius. To what extent can these monstrous fabrications be considered "an independent witness" to the Historical Jesus?
The topics to be discussed include, viz.: how and why Ignatius complicates the Traditional Timeline; whether Ignatius possesses a gospel (or any other New Testament text); links between Ignatius and Proteus Peregrinus; why the Ignatian view of bishops is anachronistic; the real identity of Ignatius' opponents; how modern theologians are really just rehashing the Nicene Creed; what the most successful episode of Born in the Second Century has been; and also, the host does some "redaction criticism" of Bart Ehrman's own book.
This episode is in MP3 format.
