Mormon Stories Podcast

Mormons Meet Bible Scholar - Bart Ehrman | Ep. 2120

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Mar 4, 2026
Guest
Colby Reddish
Guest
Bart D. Ehrman
Colby Reddish, a practicing attorney who engages with Mormonism and law, and Bart Ehrman, bestselling New Testament scholar, discuss Bible origins, textual variants, and how scripture was compiled. They cover creation accounts, Gospel contradictions, historicity of Jesus, Book of Mormon claims, and Ehrman’s new book Love Thy Stranger. The conversation navigates faith, scholarship, and religion’s social role.
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ANECDOTE

From Born Again To Agnostic Through Scholarship

  • Bart Ehrman describes his journey from evangelical convert to agnostic atheist driven by scholarship and suffering questions.
  • He studied Greek and Hebrew at Moody, Wheaton, and Princeton, found textual errors and contradictions, and eventually lost belief over the problem of suffering.
INSIGHT

Bible As Anthology Not Unity Text

  • The Bible is not a single unified book but an anthology of many books written by different authors at different times.
  • Recognizing distinct authors, audiences, and theologies changes interpretation and reveals internal contradictions and diversity of views.
ANECDOTE

One Classroom Comment That Cracked Inerrancy

  • A Princeton Mark seminar term paper convinced Ehrman a Gospel could simply contain an error when his professor suggested Mark 'made a mistake.'
  • That moment unlocked recognition of many contradictions and shifted him away from inerrancy.
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