34: Who Wrote It?: Digging into false claims of authorship in the Bible with Trevor Thompson

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Who Wrote It?: Digging into false claims of authorship in the Bible with Trevor Thompson

New Testament scholar Trevor Thompson joins us to discuss pseudepigraphic texts in the Bible. We talk about what they are, how they're determined, and we talk a lot about what that means for our faith in scripture and in God.

• Trevor Thompson’s Academia.org page
• Willam B. Eerdman’s Publishing
• Oklahoma Christian University
• Harding University
• University of Chicago
• Pseudepigrapha
• Trevor’s Twitter
• Galen (ancient physician)
• Commodus
• Book: “On My Own Books” by Galen
• Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
• Codex Sinaiticus
• P46 (collection of Paul’s letters)
• “…as though from us” 2 Thessalonians 2:2
• 3rd Corinthians
• Correspondence of Paul & Seneca
• Correspondence of Jesus & King Abgar
• Eusebius
• New Testament Apocrypha
• Hippocrates
• 2 Peter authenticity
• Shibboleth
• Book of Revelation
• Dionysius of Alexandria
• Gospel of John
• Society of Biblical Literature
• Pauline Authorship
• Origen
• Mark from the 1st century forgery
• Gospel of Jesus’ wife forgery
• TNIV Bible translation
• Deutero-Pauline meaning
• Author: Bart Ehrman
• Article: “Why so many Americans think they have Native American blood”
• New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha books
• Book: “The Bible: An Introduction” Jerry Sumney

Special Guest: Trevor Thompson.

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