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December 11, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How and When Was the New Testament Canon Put Together?

The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 4) This is the fourth installment in our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy. In this video, Dr. Kruger and I discuss the formation of the New Testament canon. We argue against Bauer’s claim that there was diversity of belief in early Christianity because the NT canon was formulated late (in… Read More

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December 8, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: What Do the New Testament Books Tell Us About Early Christian Diversity?

The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 3) In this third installment of our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy, Dr. Michael Kruger and I discuss one of the greatest weaknesses to Bauer’s thesis—the fact that he never deals with evidence from the first century. You can also follow previous installments to our series: Part 1 and… Read More

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December 6, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: An Overview of the Bauer Thesis

An Overview of the Bauer Thesis This is the second part of our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy with Dr. Michael Kruger. In this video, we delve into the Bauer Thesis in greater detail. You can find the first part of our conversation here.   How Diverse was Early Christianity? MK: Andreas, our book was… Read More

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December 4, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: Why a Book on Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christianity?

The Bauer Thesis Recently, Dr. Michael Kruger and I filmed a series of videos on our book, The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity. In these videos, we discuss the Bauer thesis, named after the German scholar Walter Bauer. Beginning with Bauer in 1934, the denial… Read More

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October 9, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

Did the Early Christians Invent the Resurrection of Jesus?

One of the most important historical questions related to Jesus is how a tiny offshoot of Judaism went on to change the world. One of the most outspoken detractors of Jesus’ deity and the truthfulness of Christianity, Bart Ehrman, writes, “But then something else happened. Some of [Jesus’ followers] began to say that God had… Read More

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