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Personal Update: My Book on the Ethics of Jesus

I am happy to report that I have now, finally, finished my manuscript on the ethics of Jesus and have sent it in to my editor for her to peruse and suggest edits.  Phew!!  This one seems to have been a “Slow Train Coming.”  Huge relief. I’ve changed the title I’ve been giving it for [...]

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Dating Manuscripts and Understanding Mark: Readers’ Questions

How much historical information about Jesus does the Gospel of Mark present?  How do you date an ancient manuscript?  Why does Mark have a "messianic secret"? These are among the very good questions I've received recently, and here is how I've tried to answer them succinctly. ****************************** QUESTION: How much of the historical Jesus does [...]

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The Gospel of Mark: Are You Interested in a More Extended Discussion?

These "In a Nutshell" posts on the books of the New Testament are obviously meant to provide quick, concise, and accurate information about each of the books of the New Testament.  Many of you may be interested in longer expositions.  To that end, you may be interested in the far more extensive discussions that I [...]

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Join Me on a Cruise from Athens to Venice This Summer!

I'm going on a cruise this summer and it looks like a complete winner.  I've made a video explaining it and inviting people to consider coming, including where to call/email to get more info.  Hope some of you can consider it! https://vimeo.com/1060335268/95523b1f...

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March 2025 Gold Q&A

Gold & Platinum Members, Our monthly Gold Q&A is here—your opportunity to submit your burning questions and have Bart answer them. What have you always wanted to know? Send in your questions at: ehrmanblog@gmail.com (Don’t ask them in the comments of this post – they won’t be included!) Remember, short, to-the-point questions will be given [...]

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Webinar Announcement: The Afterlife of Animals with Barbara Ambros

Register: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/... Donate: https://give.unc.edu/donate?f=105550&... https://vimeo.com/1063322255/1f0e8c4f... Will I See Fido in Heaven? The Afterlife of Animals in Buddhism and Christianity Do our pets go to heaven? Do they have souls? Can we talk about the salvation of a pet? What about reincarnation, can our pets come back as other animals, or even as people? This new webinar [...]

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Did Jesus BECOME the Son of God? The Christology of Acts

In broad terms, there were two major kinds of Christology in the early church.  One of them could be called an "incarnation" Christology, since it maintains that Christ was a pre-existent divine being who became a human, as explicitly stated in John 1:1-18 and Philippians 2:6-11.  That's the view, of course, that most Christians have [...]

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The Acts of the Apostles: For Further Reading

Now that I’ve devoted two posts to the major sine qua non of the book of Acts – one that lays out its major themes and emphases, the other that deals with who wrote it, when, and why, I can provide some suggestions for further reading, important works written by scholars for non-scholars.   I have [...]

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The Acts of the Apostles: Who Wrote It, When, and Why?

Now that I have discussed the major themes and emphases of the Acts of the Apostles, I can summarize what (I think) we can know about its author, when he wrote, and why. As I’ve indicated, Acts is the second volume of a two-volume work by the anonynmous author of the Gospel of Luke.  In [...]

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The Book of Acts in a Nutshell

Acts in a Nutshell The book of Acts is a truly important book for anyone interested in knowing how Christianity began:  it is our only narrative of the spread of the faith in its first thirty years. Acts is a relatively long book – about the size of its companion volume the Gospel of Luke [...]

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