Update 6/7/07 - I have more responses to Bart Ehrman's New Testament skepticism here.
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I noted in an earlier blog post two soon-to-be-published books from InterVarsity Press that caught my eye. A third book that looks particularly useful is Timothy Paul Jones' Misquoting Truth: A Guide to the Fallacies of Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus."
Bart Ehrman's book Misquoting Jesus has received a lot of attention. Now we have a detailed published response. Click here to read a number of the impressive reviews and endorsements. Two examples:
The most radical wing of New Testament scholarship has gotten a disproportionate amount of press in recent years. As representative as any of this trend today is Bart Ehrman, whose books on textual criticism and noncanonical Gospels make it sound as if we have little idea what the New Testament authors originally wrote or little reason to believe that theirs was an accurate, and certainly the oldest, rendition of the life of Jesus and the gospel message. Timothy Jones sets the record straight in this courteous but direct critique of charges about misquoting Jesus and alternate or lost Christianities. Abreast of all the latest and best scholarship, he nevertheless writes in a straightforward, easy-to-read style that any thoughtful layperson can handle. An absolute must-read for anyone confused or taken in by the revisionist biblical historians of our day." —Craig L. Blomberg, Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary
"Timothy Paul Jones turns the tables on Bart Ehrman's overstated Misquoting Jesus. He applies to Ehrman the same probing logic that Ehrman claims to apply to the New Testament evidence. The evidence turns out to be more believable than Ehrman's strained interpretations of it. It is not the New Testament writers or copyists who depart from history, Jones shows, but a few scholars who invest too much faith in their skepticism. Jones not only checks that skepticism: along the way he equips readers to make their own informed choices about authorship, scribal transmission, and church selection (or rejection) of key New Testament passages and documents--and many writings from outside the New Testament as well. This is a valuable primer for orientation in a discussion that cannot be ignored."—Robert Yarbrough, Associate Professor of New Testament and New Testament Department Chair, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
The book's "Introduction" can be accessed online here. A "Study Guide" is available for downloading here. The author, Timothy Paul Jones, is new to me but I see he has written a number of well-received books. Check out his website for a list of his published works plus lots of other resources. Note: In 2003, Christianity Today Online selected Jones' Christian History Made Easy for its listing of the "Top Ten Entry Points to Christian History." In 2005, Finding God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away was selected as a Reader's Choice Best Book of the Year by the readers of LifeWay.com.