The Reliability Of The New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman and Daniel B. Wallace in Dialogue

This collection stages a rigorous debate over how closely the modern text reflects the earliest forms of the New Testament, exploring manuscript evidence, scribal habits, and the impact of textual variants on historical claims and theology. Through contrasting viewpoints and supplemental essays, it evaluates the scope and significance of differences across thousands of manuscripts, the feasibility of reconstructing the original text, and the limits of certainty. The overall picture emphasizes that most variants are minor while a smaller set remains contested, calling for careful, transparent methods and nuanced conclusions.

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