For years, nonbelievers rejoiced at the publication of new books by New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, relishing the professor’s pugnacious attacks on the cherished beliefs of evangelical Christians.

You have a new book coming out soon, “Love Thy Stranger,” arguing that Jesus taught a revolutionary message that transformed ...

Bart Ehrman is a smart guy, but he sometimes handles his sources in the most frustrating and misleading manner. For example, in his book Did Jesus Exist? (where he is on the right side for once), he ...

New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus, is once again raising questions about the Bible’s trustworthiness in his new book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible’s ...

(RNS) — In 'The Triumph of Christianity,' the New Testament scholar tries to answer a simple question: How did 20 Jesus followers come to convert most of the Western world in the space of 300 years?

Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus has caused something of a sensation. This is no small achievement for an introduction to New Testament textual criticism, a field known for writing that is dry and ...

Even skeptical scholars who don’t believe that Jesus really worked miracles acknowledge that, during his lifetime, he had a reputation as a healer and an exorcist. The numerous reports of Jesus’ ...

“The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they... Tampa Bay journalists, colleagues, and friends reflect on the life and legacy of Rob Lorei Listen: Rob Lorei, co-founder of WMNF and ...

Bart Ehrman has written another book that is probably destined to be a best seller. God’s Problem is a lively, though thoroughly conventional and utterly predictable, dismissal of Jewish and Christian ...

In academic circles, Bart Ehrman is regarded as one of the world’s most influential New Testament scholars. But after publishing his first book designed for the masses, “Misquoting Jesus: The Story ...

Review of Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife, by Bart D. Ehrman. Simon & Schuster. The vast majority of Americans believe in an afterlife. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research ...

During the darkest hours of persecution in Rome, around 303, when Christian property was confiscated and Christians’ legal rights were threatened if they failed to follow imperial edicts, the Emperor ...