Consensus Scholarship and the Life of Jesus
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Release Date: 05/06/2025
Did Peter Really Found the Church in Rome?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
The Catholic tradition considers the apostle Peter to be the first Pope and the founder of the church in Rome, but what does the historical record say? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss where this idea came from, whether Peter was ever in Rome, and what historians know about the founding of early churches.
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Gnostic Christianity: The Beliefs That Shocked the Early Church
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Gnosticism is one of the most confusing and enigmatic early Christian groups, whose beliefs were considered secret knowledge meant only for a select few. Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman answers my questions about what Gnostics thought about Jesus - where he came from, what he was doing on earth, and whether or not he was divine.
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Bart Unplugged: Rapid-Fire Answers on the Apostle Paul
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Have you ever submitted a question to the Misquoting Jesus podcast? Ever heard the answer? Today, Bart and I are going to be doing an entire episode covering listeners questions on the topic of the apostle Paul - keep listening, and we might get to yours!
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Night of the Living Dead: Matthew's Forgotten Resurrection
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
There are several resurrection stories in the New Testament - including, of course, Jesus himself, but what about the mass resurrection in the gospel of Matthew? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss why the righteous were raised from the dead when Jesus came for sinners, and what happened to them after their resurrection.
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Meet Marcion: The First Great Christian Heretic
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Marcion, founder of the 2nd century Christian group imaginatively called the Marcionites, had some beliefs that would be cause for stoning in the Life of Brian. This week, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about what those beliefs were, Marcion’s own personal gospel, and what other christians thought about it.
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John the Maverick Gospel
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
The gospel of John doesn’t mention Jesus’ birth from a virgin, doesn’t show Jesus’ baptism by John, and does absolutely nothing to keep his identity secret - not even don a pair of glasses. This week, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to explain why the gospel of John is so drastically different to the rest of the new testament gospels!
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Was Jesus an Essene?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
The Dead Sea Scrolls preserve the beliefs of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish sect that were, like Jesus and John the Baptist, expecting the end of the world. Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me today to talk about whether Jesus and John were actually Essenes.
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Does Genesis 1 Contradict Genesis 2?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
If Genesis 1 is an account of the creation of the world, why is the world recreated in Genesis 2? Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about whether these accounts can be understood as one story, or if something else is going on.
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Why Study the Bible as an Atheist?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Why on earth would someone study the scripture of a religion that they don’t even believe in? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to explore that very question!
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Mary Before Jesus
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Mary is known in the canonical gospels as the virgin mother of Jesus - but what else did early Christian writings say about her? Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me today to talk about the Proto-Gospel of James, and what it says about the mother of Jesus!
info_outlineIf you’ve ever done any research on the Bible - and if you’re listening to this podcast, you probably have - you might have noticed that most biblical scholars agree with each other on a lot of basic points. These include the dating of texts and whether specific events recorded in the Bible are historical, among other things. Why is that, and is it some kind of conspiracy? Today, Dr. Chris Frilingos joins me to talk about the academic consensus, the gospel stories of Jesus’ early life, and how early Christians made meaning from them.