For another critique of Ehrman, you may be interested in NT Oral Tradition Specialist Rafael Rodriguez’ 8-part review of Jesus before the Gospels. Admittedly, it is very damning for somebody as bright as Ehrman, who misunderstands oral tradition and whose telephone analogy has caused far more harm than good. http://historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.com/2016/03/jesus-before-gospels-serial-review-pt-1.html?m=1
You may also be interested in Chris Keith’s “Jesus and the Demise of the Criteria of Authenticity” in which scholars like Kirk, Allison etc. argue against modern evaluations of gospel authenticity (ie criteria of embarassment) and argue how it is simply 18th-century form criticism in disguise. Allison’s piece is especially good!
Thank you for those recommendations, Elanor. I thoroughly enjoyed Keith's edited volume and appreciate Rodriguez' work, although I hadn't come across that blog. A useful resource!
I worked on a social memory approach to the feeding pericopae in my master's degree, and I hope to write something on that soon for the blog. It's a fascinating development!
For another critique of Ehrman, you may be interested in NT Oral Tradition Specialist Rafael Rodriguez’ 8-part review of Jesus before the Gospels. Admittedly, it is very damning for somebody as bright as Ehrman, who misunderstands oral tradition and whose telephone analogy has caused far more harm than good. http://historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.com/2016/03/jesus-before-gospels-serial-review-pt-1.html?m=1
You may also be interested in Chris Keith’s “Jesus and the Demise of the Criteria of Authenticity” in which scholars like Kirk, Allison etc. argue against modern evaluations of gospel authenticity (ie criteria of embarassment) and argue how it is simply 18th-century form criticism in disguise. Allison’s piece is especially good!
Thank you for those recommendations, Elanor. I thoroughly enjoyed Keith's edited volume and appreciate Rodriguez' work, although I hadn't come across that blog. A useful resource!
I worked on a social memory approach to the feeding pericopae in my master's degree, and I hope to write something on that soon for the blog. It's a fascinating development!