Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Did you know that the "Christmas story" everyone knows, with the shepherds and wise men, i... more

We have hundreds of manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark, and no two are exactly the same. Fr... more

We often talk about copies of the gospels, how different manuscripts differ from one anoth... more

The Catholic tradition considers the apostle Peter to be the first Pope and the founder of... more

Gnosticism is one of the most confusing and enigmatic early Christian groups, whose belief... more

Have you ever submitted a question to the Misquoting Jesus podcast? Ever heard the answer?... more

There are several resurrection stories in the New Testament - including, of course, Jesus ... more

Marcion, founder of the 2nd century Christian group imaginatively called the Marcionites, ... more

The gospel of John doesn't mention Jesus' birth from a virgin, doesn't show Jesus' baptism... more

The Dead Sea Scrolls preserve the beliefs of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish sect that were... more

If Genesis 1 is an account of the creation of the world, why is the world recreated in Gen... more

Why on earth would someone study the scripture of a religion that they don't even believe ... more

Mary is known in the canonical gospels as the virgin mother of Jesus - but what else did e... more

Have Christians always believed the Bible contains no errors or mistakes, or did this unde... more

Understanding where the writers of the gospels got their information is the foundation of ... more

Even though it was the religious text of Jesus, the Hebrew Bible is consistently overlooke... more

The first gospel recording Jesus life wasn't written until approximately 30 years after hi... more

If the accounts of Jesus' life found in the four gospels contain contradictions, how can w... more

As an historian, I'm pretty much always interested in ancient writing. Give me a document ... more

Just how many ways can one person explain how Jesus' death and resurrection saves humanity... more

As an apocalypticist, Jesus was anticipating the end of the political system he was living... more

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishm... more

Has Christianity been a net positive or negative for humanity? If you wander into an onlin... more

Jesus' ethical teachings are often touted as being revolutionary in the ancient world. The... more

One of the main tenets of Christianity is Jesus' divinity - most denominations hold him to... more