In listening further, about 2:27 Ehrman talks more about why he won't speak about the Koran, but he is contradictory. First, he makes a blanket statement that it is his belief that if God inspired His words, He would have given us His words (in context, he means originals with no variations), but since there are textual variations, He hasn't given us His words. He should be able to say with all his scholarly caveats that IF it is the case that there are variants in the textual tradition of the Koran, AND the Koran is claiming to be inspired in a similar way to the Bible, THEN the same conclusion can follow. This DOES NOT require some Koran-specific great knowledge. And when it comes to non-inspired works, he has no problem with saying that if we don't have the originals, we don't know what the original said… and he isn't an expert in those books. It somewhat requires actually listening to this whole debate to see how organic this is.
Sorry, but it is patently obvious why he make any comment about the Koran, he gave it to us, because he values his life.
Sorry, but it is patently obvious why he make any comment about the Koran, he gave it to us, because he values his life.
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