ORIGINS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT - S3E2 -  A Talk with Guest Craig Blomberg
Channel: Richard T Henry
Date: 2023-01-23

I had the privilege to sit down with Dr. Craig Blomberg of Denver Seminary a well respected and highly esteemed New Testament scholar. 

The bible is the most well known book in the world and has been at the top of the best sellers list for as long as humans have been counting that sort of thing. It's the book that millions, really billions look to for wisdom, help, religious inspiration and most of all, knowing God and eternal life. 

But how did we get the bible? Did the Roman Catholic church pick which gospels to put in the book? Should this cause concern? What about the times that the NT is quoting the OT, but there seems to be a contradiction? 

All this and more in this talk with Craig Blomberg.

Books mentioned
JESUS AND THE GOSPELS
https://www.christianbook.com/jesus-gospels-introduction-survey-second-edition/craig-blomberg/9780805444827/pd/444820?event=ESRCG

THE HISTORICAL RELIABILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: THE CHALLENGE TO EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS 
https://www.christianbook.com/historical-reliability-testament-challenge-evangelical-christian/craig-blomberg/9780805464375/pd/464370?event=ESRCG

 Chapters 
0:00 coming up 
2:53 How did we get the New Testament Canon? What does the Councils of Nicaea or Ephesus or Chalcedon have to do with it? 
5:58 The books in question, Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2,3 John, Jude and Revelation 
8:12 this idea is just ‘goes out the window as total fiction’ 
9:02 Why were some books of the bible seemingly accepted? 
11:00 We have 30 different lists of the New Testament from the 2nd century onward 
13:12 What is the New Testament Apocrypha?
15:12 why believe that the bible was decided by the Roman Catholic Church
18:42 People’s personality has something to do with it
20:22 His relative was raised Roman catholic and just wants an authority to tell her what to believe
23:12 What end times view does Craig Blomberg hold? 
24:22 How were the four gospels ‘chosen’?
25:12 the Da Vinci Code has been the most influential piece of fiction ever 
27:40 The number of other gospel accounts we have
30:12 other passion gospels, but are these to be trusted? 
30:37 What about the gnostic gospels?
32:05 What is the real number of ‘gospels’? 
32:37 Is there a benefit to reading other gospels? 
34:52 Who were the gnostics?
37:12 Is the the Apostle John writing against some proto-gnostics? 
38:29 How then do we understand quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament?
40:37 How does Psalm 8 relate to the NT? 
46:49 Good example of typology in NT
48:42 Most people do not have anything else to appeal to if the bible is not God’s word
50:52 Last question, What does Blomberg think about the TV show the Chosen?
52:30 Last words and book recommendations 
54:12 Encouraging words and work to do to be sharpened in your worldview 

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