Jesus was almost certainly a Jewish apocalypticist, a view that Albert Schweitzer advanced in the early 20th century.
Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
A third excerpt from Bart's book "Lost Christianities" discussing what might have happened if another version of Christianity had won out. Read by Mike...
Bart considers how implausible the nativity story might sound to someone who had not grown up knowing it. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Bart summarizes what we have and what we lack in terms of ancient NT manuscripts. Read by John Paul Middlesworth