"It is not the case that the New Testament presents us only with facts and the books outside the New…
On How Much Fact, How Much Fiction? The Life of Peter
Hi, Bart! What do you think about the episode of the graves of the saints that were open after the…
On Our Controversial Sources About the Controversial Paul
Dr. Ehrman, How would you counter the "swoon theory"?
On How Do We Know About Oral Cultures? By Starting Where You’d Never Suspect!
According to https://aish.com/priest-on-a-rope/ it comes from the Zohar (which was first published around 1300 and is considered fiction).
On Jesus’ Death in Mark and Luke
Thanks, I missed that in the searching I did last Monday.
On When Did Mary Magdalene Become a Prostitute?
Dr. Ehrman, So when people try to date it, how are they even beginning to determine an estimated date (like…
On The Core of Paul’s Gospel
Dr. Ehrman, 1. In the story, were the women going to complete Jesus’ burial or to anoint the corpse with…
On The Women and the Empty Tomb
I have signed up for this course but for the life of me, I can’t find a reference to the…
On Archaeology in the Time of Jesus! New Course March 2-3!!
Thanks for this article, Prof. Ehrman. I had been wondering about this quotation, because as others mention it never seemed…
On An Intriguing Anti-Jewish Variant: Did Jesus Pray “Father forgive them”?
"possibly the most important task is not the rather dry academic exercise of separating history from legend but is rather…
On How Much Fact, How Much Fiction? The Life of Peter