Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri will host a conference April 1-3 on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture that will feature a debate on the resurrection of Jesus between Bart Ehrman and Craig Evans. Admission is free to the public. Students will also be able to earn two hours of academic credit at a reduced rate of $100 for the class. Please note that students are free to purchase their textbooks wherever they choose. However, if you would like help out our blog and learn about several more recommended and useful books please check out the link below:
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The debate on Thursday night between Ehrman and Evans would be worth the price of the class, but other significant scholars will be speaking on Friday and Saturday on the reliability of the Scriptures. The debate is free, but individuals attending must register by calling the Seminary at 816-414-3700. Seating will be at a premium. Overflow seating will be available.
The following information is from the MBTS Website:
MBTS to host The Scrolls and the Scriptures Conference
posted in Articles, on Feb 12, 2010 by Staff
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will host a debate and lecture series called The Scrolls and the Scriptures Conference here on April 1-3 in the chapel auditorium. The theme of the conference is, “The Bible as Artifact: Who Wrote It and How Was It Preserved.”
The event will kick-off on April 1 at 7 p.m. with a debate between Dr. Craig A. Evans from Acadia University and Dr. Bart D. Ehrman of the University of North Carolina. Both professors are experts in the field of biblical studies, which include the Dead Sea Scrolls and textual criticism. The focus of the debate will center on the reliability of the biblical accounts of the resurrection.
“People want, and need, to know the truth about the Bible’s origin and reliability,” said Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, Vice President for Academic Development and Academic Dean at Midwestern. “This conference addresses that need on both the popular and the scholarly level. From Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, to James Cameron’s so-called ‘Coffin of Jesus,’ the average person is aware of new claims that supposedly undermine the biblical record.”
Johnson continued, “The conference features scholars of international renown who will reveal that recent archaeological discoveries and biblical research actually confirm our confidence in the Bible as God’s Word.”
Featured lecturers during the conference’s plenary sessions on April 2-3 include Larry Hurtado and Paul Foster from the University of Edinburgh, Paul Wegner from Phoenix Seminary, Daniel Wallace from Dallas Theological Seminary, Peter Flint from Trinity Western University, Stanley Porter from McMaster Divinity College, and Midwestern’s Steve Andrews and Ron Huggins.
The event is open to the public and admission to the conference is free. Two hours of academic credit are available for $100. To register contact our Student Development office at 816-414-3733 or e-mail jspencer@mbts.edu.
Conference Schedule
MIDWESTERN BAPTSIT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The Scrolls and the Scriptures
The Bible as Artifact:
Who Wrote it and How was it Preserved?
Thursday, April 1
7:00-9:00pm Debate between Evans/Ehrman
Friday, April 2
8:00-9:00 Papias of Hierapolis: A Supremely Important Unreliable Witness to the New Testament Ron Huggins
9:15-10:15 Digitally Preserving the Word of God: The Work of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts Daniel Wallace
10:30-11:30 The Library at Qumran and Books that must be checked out Peter Flint
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Bold Claims, Wishful Thinking, and Lessons about Dating Manuscripts from Papyrus Egerton 2 Paul Foster
2:15-3:15 What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Reconstructing Christianity from its Early Manuscripts? Stanley Porter
3:30-4:30 What Earliest Christian Manuscripts Show us About Their Readers Larry Hurtado
4:30-6:30 Dinner
6:30-7:30 Current Trends in Old Testament Textual Criticism Paul Wegner
7:30-8:30 Ancient Text or Modern Hoax? Why I have doubts about Secret Mark Craig Evans
Saturday, April 3
8:00-9:00 The Oldest Hebrew Scriptures and the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription Steve Andrews
9:15-10:15 The Great Isaiah Scroll and the Interpretation of Isaiah at Qumran Peter Flint
10:30-11:30 Panel Wrap up
Dr. Andrews, is there any way the Ehrman-Evans debate (and the other messages for that matter) could be made accessible on the MBTS website? I would love to hear them, but it is not looking like we are going to be out there until July. Thanks.
Rusty,
I believe that Midwestern will tape the debate and may even publish it in the Midwestern Journal of Theology. Contact the MBTS Library (http://www.mbts.edu/academics/library/) for more info on the tapes.
Steve Andrews