Ep. 114 – Are Many New Testament Documents Forged? – Part 2

Who Wrote The Bible?

Who wrote The Bible? The next two claims of forgery against the New Testament are the allegations of illiterate authors & false attribution to authors. Were the NT writers too illiterate to write their documents & couldn’t find another way to get their ideas down to be disseminated to others? Is there proof that the names of the authors were put onto the NT documents just to add some credibility to the forgeries? Once the evidence is evaluated, the claims of illiteracy & forgery crumble.

Timeline Breakdown:

00:00 – Introduction
01:25 – Claim 2 – Illiterate Authors
01:52 – Education Of Jews In A Roman World
04:27 – Who You Calling Poor & Illiterate?
05:36 – With Friends Who Read…
06:11 – Peter – Smarter Than Your Average Reader
09:18 – Peter & John – Unlearned Men Teaching The Pharisees
11:01 – A Little Thing Called Scribes
13:07 – Claim 3 – NT Was Forged & Attributed To Authors
15:09 – Test Case 1 – 1 Peter Was Forged
16:00 – Peter Saw Jesus Suffer
16:55 – Babylon Was Code Name For More Than Rome
19:51 – Test Case 2 – 2 Peter Was Forged
20:30 – Jesus’ Immediate Return Was An Early Concern In The Church
21:39 – Peter’s Use Of The Book Of Jude
22:27 – Paul Did Claim To Write Scripture As An Apostle
25:54 – Why Forge 2 Peter At All?
27:30 – Test Case 3 – 2 Thessalonians Was Forged
28:06 – Jesus’ Return Is A Both/And In Both Thessalonians
31:37 – Test Case 4 – Ephesians Was Forged
33:05 – Different Words Are Used – Shocking!
35:52 – Contradictory Theology Found?
36:16 – Works Of Flesh Vs. Blameless Before The Law
37:30 – Now Saved Vs. Being Saved
39:07 – Raised Now Vs. Raised Later
41:39 – Conclusion