Dr. Ehrman, Perhaps in a different life you would have made a great medical ethicist on South Campus! Irrespective of…
On Rambling Meditations on What It Means to Exist…. What Do You Think?
I'm reading "No self, No Problem", by a guy with a PHD in "cognitive neuropsychology". His main idea so far…
On Rambling Meditations on What It Means to Exist…. What Do You Think?
The New Testament in one sentence: One man enters, three gods leave [Ric Flair voice] woooooooooooooooo!
On What Is The New Testament? Can You Actually Say?
Would you say the early Jesus followers were shocked and disillusioned by his death and so the atonement for sins…
On Did Christians Invent the Idea of “Atonement” / “Vicarious Suffering”?
Thank you Dr Ehrman for another thought provoking post. I had forgotten the Myth of Admetus and Alcestis, which I…
On Did Christians Invent the Idea of “Atonement” / “Vicarious Suffering”?
I'm reading Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy (Simon & Schuster, 1945) over the holidays. I thought one of…
On How I Begin My Book on Jesus, Ethics, and Altruism
Bart, can you add the web address/date of the original blog post to these Twelve Days? I'm interested in seeing…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 6: Why Does Matthew Have the Story of the “Wise Men”?
Question. Bart, when you debate and bring up the fact that there are no records in the Roman account of…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 7: The Birth of Jesus in Luke
Josephus himself was general of the Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in AD 67 to the Roman army led…
On Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus: The Essenes and the Fourth Philosophy
Dr. Ehrman, Do you agree with the scholar here? Me: I've read where the consensus of the Jesus Seminar is…
On Readers’ Questions and My Responses (11/2024)