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Bart D. Ehrman

(1955) Philologist

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Bart D. Ehrman is a philologist, best known for Misquoting Jesus.

Quick Facts About Bart D. Ehrman

Born: October 5, 1955
Profession: Philologist
Notable works: Misquoting Jesus

About Bart D. Ehrman

Bart Denton Ehrman is an American biblical scholar whose research focuses on the textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including six New York Times bestsellers, and has created nine lecture series with The Great Courses. Ehrman also runs a membership blog whose proceeds support charities that address hunger and homelessness. As of March 2025, the blog had reportedly raised more than $3 million.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bart D. Ehrman · Page 5

“Modalism was the view that evidently was held by a majority of Christians at the beginning of the third century—including the most…

Christian leaders

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“Whoever wrote the Gospel of John (we’ll continue to call him John, though we don’t know who he really was) must have…

Christian living

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I think the evidence is just so overwhelming that Jesus existed, that it's silly to talk about him not existing. I don't…

Biblical

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Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who…

Anti semitism

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Jesus existed, and those vocal persons who deny it do so not because they have considered the evidence with the dispassionate eye…

Agendas

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“Eventually incarnation Christologies developed significantly and overtook exaltation Christologies, which came to be deemed inadequate and, eventually, “heretical.”

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In fact, most of the changes found in early Christian manuscripts have nothing to do with theology or ideology. Far and away…

Blunders

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“Orthodoxy is my doxy and heterodoxy is your doxy.”

Christianity

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[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how…

Being true

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“For Ignatius, since salvation comes to the human body, it must be experienced in the human body.”

Human body

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“In this connection I should stress that the discovery of the empty tomb appears to be a late tradition. It occurs in…

First time

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“In ancient Judaism the king of Israel was considered both Son of God and—astonishingly enough—even God.”

Son of god

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“In oral societies it is recognized that the telling of a story to a different audience or in a different context or…

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“German scholar and skeptic Gerd Lüdemann argues that the visions of Jesus experienced by Peter, and then later by Paul, were psychologically…

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“Most televangelists, popular Christian preacher icons, and heads of those corporations that we call megachurches share an unreflective modern view of Jesus--that…

American exceptionalism

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“One of the greatest Roman poets was Ovid, an older contemporary of Jesus (his dates: 43 BCE–17 CE). His most famous work…

Poetry

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“Christian followers of Jesus who knew about Apollonius maintained that he was a charlatan and a fraud; in response, the pagan followers…

Christianity

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“whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord; But those who miss me injure themselves; All who hate me…

Death

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Bart D. Ehrman by topic

Bible (13) Christianity (12) Books (9) Son of god (8) New testament (8) Jesus (8)