Cognitive Biases in the Bible (with Dr. Bart Ehrman)

The authors of the New Testament experienced cognitive bias like anyone else, and sometimes that shows in the text. Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss how attribution bias, fundamental attribution error, and confirmation bias influenced the writings of the apostle Paul, the Pastoral epistles, the New Testament canon, and biblical interpretation.

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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Attribution bias in Romans 01:25
Outgroup bias in the Gospel of John 05:12
How scribes corrupted scripture 08:48
Confirmation bias in determining which books are real scripture 12:36
Confirmation bias in interpretation 18:12
A verse AGAINST bias in the Bible 21:58




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