Kaethe

If you'd like to take a New Testament course with a popular professor, here you go. You can totally understand why he'd be popular. Each chapter addresses some aspect of the research that goes into an historical-critical model, he lets us know what is consensus, and what is fringe. He explains the tools used in research, what the tools reveal about the origins of the books, and what isn't revealed. He discusses discrepancies between the gospels, for example, and what those discrepancies tell us about the writers, and what their concerns were. Fascinating stuff. Some of it was familiar, both from reading Ehrman's other books and from my father's preaching, which relied heavily on scholarship.AS highly as I would recommend the book, it isn't for those committed to inerrancy. Otherwise I think it has tremendous appeal across the range of belief. It is, as well, a great starting place for anyone curious about the early years of Christianity.I bet his classes are amazing.Library copy