For a thing, I see that by denying the genre "apology" to the Gospels, Ehrman digs their grave with his own hands:
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What’s your take on Mark’s Gospel as an apology instead… to defend who Jesus was and why he died?… and then the other gospels one-upped the defense so they only seem more comprehensive and more like ancient biographies?
Yes, I think it definitely fulfills an apologetic purpose. But it is not an apologia by *genre*. (A biography can be apologetic, so can an essay, an epistle, etc.)
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Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Tue Dec 10, 2024 7:50 am