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At "How Jesus Interpreted Scripture" Fr. Richard Rohr says,
Whatever is received is received according to the manner of the receiver. This was drilled into me during my seminary education.
Jesus was not a fundamentalist or literalist. When Christians pretend that every line in the Bible is of equal importance and inspiration, they are being very unlike Jesus. " Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton Theological Seminary). . . remains the dean of New Testament textual criticism. His books are used in most seminaries to teach how the current versions of the Bible evolved. They discuss the effects that social and ideological influences had upon the work of scribes. See Inerrancy and Authority of the Bible The text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, by Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, 4th edition 2005 Professor Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton Theological Seminary). . Brings the discussion of such important matters as the early Greek manuscripts and methods of textual criticism up to date, integrating recent research findings and approaches into the body of the text.
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