Bart D. Ehrman






Bart D. Ehrman

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Bart D. Ehrman is a New Testament scholar and textual critic of early Christianity. He is is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has researched the source materials for the Bible. His research demonstrates that the Biblical text was unintentionally altered by scribes and intentionally altered for a variety of reasons.

Two major themes run throughout nearly all of his books and lectures. First is the desire to analyze the historicity of claims made by ancient texts used in the creation of the New Testament, as well as many books left out of the Christian canon, and subject them to a series of criteria. Second is the desire...more




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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Be... Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible & Why
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.80 — 1,126 ratings — published 2005
8 editions
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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing... Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.81 — 259 ratings — published 2009
6 editions
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Lost Christianities: The Battl... Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture & the Faiths We Never Knew
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 4.00 — 238 ratings — published 2002
7 editions
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God's Problem: How the Bible F... God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.74 — 207 ratings — published 2008
6 editions
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Lost Scriptures: Books that Di... Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.79 — 132 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscar... The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.64 — 121 ratings — published 2006
8 editions
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Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalen... Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.40 — 70 ratings — published 2006
5 editions
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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vi... Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.61 — 64 ratings — published 2004
10 editions
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The New Testament: A Historica... The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 4.26 — 54 ratings — published 1996
4 editions
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Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of... Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
by Bart D. Ehrman
avg rating 3.80 — 54 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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"There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty."
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