Bart Ehrman
His popular blog debunks Christian myths. With the profits, he does the Christian thing.
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2023
(RNS) — Bart Ehrman is known for challenging established Christian teachings. But there’s a part of him that still honors his abandoned Christian faith and what he sees as its moral obligations, such as giving to charity.
Bart Ehrman on why everything you’ve been told about heaven and hell is wrong
By Yonat Shimron — March 26, 2020
(RNS) — Best known for his popular books debunking the central assumptions of Christian Scriptures, the New Testament scholar continues this quest in his latest book, ‘Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.’
What was the first Bible like?
By The Conversation — August 31, 2018
(The Conversation) — The curious case of Bible #1, and how much we actually know about it.
Spring books: The renewal edition
By Kimberly Winston — April 4, 2018
(RNS) — Here are eight new books — and one bonus track — where religion and spirituality are themes.
Bart Ehrman’s latest: How Christianity took over the Western world
By Yonat Shimron — February 9, 2018
(RNS) — In 'The Triumph of Christianity,' the New Testament scholar tries to answer a simple question: How did 20 Jesus followers come to convert most of the Western world in the space of 300 years?
Bart Ehrman examines how memories of Jesus morphed and changed
By Kimberly Winston — March 28, 2016
(RNS) The New Testament scholar wonders what happened between the time Jesus died and the time the gospel writers wrote about him.
Forget Santa Claus, Virginia. Was there a Jesus Christ?
By David Gibson — December 19, 2014
(RNS) Some argue that Jesus was a fictional character, and that believers and everyone else have been duped. Scholars say there’s nothing to the claim. So why does the theory keep hanging around?
Was Jesus divine? Publisher hedges bets with Bart Ehrman’s new book
By John Murawski — March 25, 2014
(RNS) In a rare publishing feat, HarperCollins arranged to have a team of evangelical scholars write a rebuttal of hot-selling superstar writer Bart Ehrman's new book.
Bart Ehrman’s new portrayal of Jesus is surprisingly sympathetic
By Tracy Gordon — April 3, 2012
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) As Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, Bart Ehrman, an agnostic, convincingly demonstrates there was a historical Jesus. As for the "mythicists" who argue otherwise -- many of them his biggest fans -- Ehrman has some choice words: "sensationalist," "wrongheaded" and "amateurish." By Yonat Shimron.
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