And, yeah, Bart Erhman is good! I also, among other reasons, really grew to re-embrace Biblical Christianity through analyzing Jesus through a Leftist lense as well as philosophically through an existential understanding through people like Paul Tillich. His ‘Systematic Theology’ is excellent but massive, his other works are just as rewarding too.
If you’re looking for a good book of Scriptures, I recommend the Jewish Publication Society’s Jewish Study Bible. And Harper Collins’s Study Bible. I never learned Hebrew so I can’t comment on the Jewish Study Bibles’ translation, although it reads and seems great. But I did study ancient Greek and the Christian scriptures in Greek specifically and I really recommend the NRSV translation, none are perfect but it’s excellent.
If you’re interested in reading probably the only critically academic book I’ve read on the Qur’an that comes from a Shi’a perspective, which I personally sympathize with, I really recommend Stephen Shoemaker’s Creating the Qur’an! Ehrman also had him on for a guest post on his blog which seems to summarize his book if you want to read that.
Thanks! I’ll check out that video!
And, yeah, Bart Erhman is good! I also, among other reasons, really grew to re-embrace Biblical Christianity through analyzing Jesus through a Leftist lense as well as philosophically through an existential understanding through people like Paul Tillich. His ‘Systematic Theology’ is excellent but massive, his other works are just as rewarding too.
If you’re looking for a good book of Scriptures, I recommend the Jewish Publication Society’s Jewish Study Bible. And Harper Collins’s Study Bible. I never learned Hebrew so I can’t comment on the Jewish Study Bibles’ translation, although it reads and seems great. But I did study ancient Greek and the Christian scriptures in Greek specifically and I really recommend the NRSV translation, none are perfect but it’s excellent.
If you’re interested in reading probably the only critically academic book I’ve read on the Qur’an that comes from a Shi’a perspective, which I personally sympathize with, I really recommend Stephen Shoemaker’s Creating the Qur’an! Ehrman also had him on for a guest post on his blog which seems to summarize his book if you want to read that.