Biblical criticism took me on a trip The Liminal

I finished "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart Ehrman about a month ago, but I found myself needing a lot of time to wrap my head around it before sharing my thoughts. I read it again, I read some responses to it, and I cross-referenced his notes on specific scriptures with folks like David Bentley Hart's. I think I'm ready to talk about it!
In this episode, I share what I've learned about the history of the New Testament from a bird's eye view, then I go through some of the specific instances where scribes deliberately changed texts to fit their theological or social concerns.
Some key topics include:
The complicated relationship of orthodoxy to unreliable source texts
Verses with Christological and trinitarian concerns that were altered or added
Verses that were changed to intentionally devalue women
Considering if we've overvalued doxis (theory/theology) and undervalued praxis (action)
The danger of pseudo scholarship in the age of the internet and social media
I close by reflecting on how crucial it is to have intellectual and spiritual humility, and how theology and apologetics can themselves be a distraction from actually living the way Jesus taught.
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