Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, gives a concise historical tour of how Trinitarian ideas arose. He compares early views of God and Jesus. He examines key biblical passages, textual insertions like 1 John 5:7, Matthew 28, and John’s portrayals. He traces the doctrine's historical development and where Spirit language appears.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, gives a concise historical lens on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He explains their discovery, the variety of texts found, and how they compare to the Masoretic tradition. He explores textual differences like Jeremiah’s variants and why age alone does not equal originality. He highlights what the scrolls reveal about Jewish diversity and early biblical transmission.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, unpacks what ancient texts actually say about afterlife beliefs. He traces hell imagery to destruction rather than eternal torment. He explores Hebrew Sheol, Greek and Roman influences, and how later ideas produced modern hell. Short, historical, and provocative.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, explains how the rapture idea likely arose in the 1830s rather than the Bible. He breaks down key texts like 1 Thessalonians and Matthew 24 and traces the doctrine’s spread through Darby, Hal Lindsey, Left Behind and popular culture. He also summarizes how historians evaluate biblical claims.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, recounts how one verse upended his faith journey. He traces shifts from evangelical inerrancy to scholarly doubt. Conversations cover seminary challenges, textual contradictions in Mark, changing views on inspiration, and curious questions like crucifixion details.

Bart Ehrman, six-time NYT bestselling Biblical scholar who studies the New Testament and early Christianity. He explores why the Ten Commandments became the Bible's most famous laws. Short takes cover their placement in Exodus, how Christians picked some laws and ignored others, the changing meanings of commands like adultery, and why few people can actually list all ten.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar known for work on textual criticism and the historical Jesus, answers audience questions about what followed the crucifixion. He discusses Gospel imagery like the torn temple curtain and Matthew’s raised saints. He surveys theories from body theft to swoon theories, contrasts Gospel and Paul on resurrected bodies, and compares ancient ascension stories.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, explains how historians reconstruct what Jesus likely taught. He discusses sources used, rules for weighing conflicting sayings, and the core message of an imminent kingdom and urgent repentance. He also explores Jesus' radical ethics of love and care for strangers and how those teachings shaped Western practices.

Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, explains how ancient languages shaped meanings of love. He contrasts Greek and Jewish concepts, explores agapao versus phileo, and shows how Jesus reframed love as concrete action toward outsiders, enemies, and the needy. The conversation highlights translation puzzles and the shift from emotion to self-giving behavior.

Bart Ehrman, six-time NYT bestselling scholar of the New Testament, discusses his book Love Thy Stranger. He traces how Jesus reshaped moral concern for strangers. He links ancient views on wealth, love, and altruism to the rise of hospitals and systematic charity. He also explores limits where family- and prestige-driven giving persisted.