Bart Ehrman, a leading NT textual critic, recently wrote a book by the above title that has been selling like hot-cakes. The book is an introduction to the field of NT textual criticism for a lay audience, but with a theological agenda. Ehrman, an ex-Evangelical turned liberal agnostic, portrays the reliability of the NT text as uncertain. While he makes concessions to the contrary, the emphasis in his book is on our doubts about the text rather than our amazing certainty. Such an emphasis has caused many lay readers to seriously doubt the veracity of the NT.

 

Daniel Wallace has written an excellent review of the book entitled “The Gospel According to Bart.” Wallace is well-versed in the field of NT textual criticism. I would highly recommend you read his review. It is thorough, and yet fairly concise. And as always, Wallace is fair and respectful.