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I'll check him out. Im not sure what your definition of mainstream scholars is but most evangelical christians i speak with in the US don't doubt the accuracy -

I'll check him out. Im not sure what your definition of mainstream scholars is but most evangelical christians i speak with in the US don't doubt the accuracy - and they compose a large group of people.

jorangreef 8y ago
"I'll check him out." Fantastic. Would be great to hear how you find him. "most evangelical christians [...] don't doubt the accuracy" By "mainstream scholars" I don't necessarily mean evangelical Christians, just non-fringe ancient historians or textual critics. In this respect, Ehrman himself is interesting, because he's not actually the most extreme liberal, and you can find Ehrman himself correcting the fringe scholars when he wants to. When Ehrman is writing for the masses, however, you almost want to say to him "you should know better". After all, he had the privilege of sitting under Metzger.