Talk:A. N. Sherwin-White

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I corrected the (Josh McDowell-derived) misquotation of Sherwin-White on Acts which appears here. The actual quote is somewhat less flattering, unfortunately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.42.114 (talk) 14:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for noting the error. I've removed the extended quotations while expanding Sherwin-White's biography. The reader knowing little about his work would probably have come away from the older version of the article thinking of him as some sort of Christian apologist, when the New Testament only accounted for a small portion of his scholarly output and his views on its historicity were more nuanced than the selected quotations could show. If Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament has been popular with conservative Christian authors, that may be worth noting; Josh McDowell seems from his article to be quite a prolific figure.

I shall look up the JRS obituary when I can and add any material of significance. EALacey (talk) 22:01, 11 February 2008 (UTC)