Bart D. Ehrman

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

A New York Times best-selling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence....

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....

Lost for nearly 1,700 years, newly restored and authenticated, the Gospel of Judas presents a very different view of the relationship between Jesus and Judas....

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

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

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....

In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse....

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....

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....

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....

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

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

In this fascinating and deeply researched work, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Erhman investigates the role oral history has played in the New Testament....

In Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman tells the story behind the mistakes and changes that ancient scribes made to the New Testament and shows the great impact they had upon the Bible we use today....

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

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....

In Did Jesus Exist? historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman vigorously defends the historicity of Jesus, and provides a compelling portrait of the man from Nazareth....

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

Bart Ehrman takes listeners on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers....