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Biblical scholar and ‘agnostic atheist’ Bart Ehrman wanted his students to think seriously about what it means to believe—and they did.

Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the just published Heaven and Hell. He is a ...

Cody Parks is a UPS driver from Wilkes County, in rural western North Carolina. Last month, he came to Chapel Hill to hear the last lecture by a man who studies small fragments of ancient Greek ...

On God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question–Why We Suffer, by Bart D. Ehrman. If we lacked free will, Gilbert Chesterton liked to say, there is no point in thanking ...

Through his words and actions, Jesus of Nazareth excited expectations that he was (or would be) the Messiah. That Jesus inspired this hope likely led the Roman authorities to crucify him. Jesus didn’t ...

Hey Hunters, I got the absolute honour of interviewing Dr Bart Ehrman. He's knows a thing or two about ancient texts, so I quizzed him on things I wanted to know. Historical sources for Jesus, ...

Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at ...

Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Bart D. Ehrman is a Professor for Religious Studies in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a ...

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