Bart D. Ehrman

The growth of Christianity in the early centuries of the Common Era is one of the most extraordinary stories in world history. What began with a preaching day laborer and his dozen or so disciples soon grew to be the largest religion in the world....

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The early Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth was God completely changed the course of Western civilization. What exactly happened, such that Jesus came to be considered God? Find out....

Follow 24 fascinating lectures that trace the history of the New Testament and the early Christian faith community....

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings....

Step back to Christianity's first three centuries to see how it transitioned from the religion of Jesus to a religion about Jesus....

These lectures are a compelling introduction not only to the development of the Christian canon, but to all of the forces that would play a role in early Christian history....

Ehrman sketches Jesus's transformation from a human prophet to the Son of God....

Why do we suffer? Surprisingly, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another....

It is often said, even by critical scholars who should know better, that “writing in the name of another” was widely accepted in antiquity....

Dan Brown's immensely popular New York Times best-selling The Da Vinci Code is one of the most successful books of recent history....

Explore compelling controversies that have existed surrounding the faith's first three centuries in this unique inquiry into the core of Christian tradition....

The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty....

Worshipped around the globe by more than a billion people, Jesus is undoubtedly the single most important figure in the story of Western civilization....

The 92nd Street Y has gathered scholars and authorities to discuss the questions and issues raised....

This course is an extremely useful addition to the shelves of anyone who is fascinated by the history of ancient Christianity and its evolution into the dominant religion it is today....

For years, The Great Courses has taken lifelong learners on stirring explorations of our ancient roots; ones that bring you face to face with what history means....

This is the book that pastors, educators, and anyone interested in the Bible have been waiting for, an account of the challenges we face when attempting to recreate the life of Jesus....

This book is the first comprehensive study of early Christian pseudepigrapha ever produced in English....

Acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged....