Do the early Christians think God is more just and determined to punish or more merciful and determined to forgive? I deal with the matter in one of the chapters in my next scholarly book, Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition, coming out in April with Yale University Press. The book has been done for months now, and I am right now reading through the final page proofs sent to me by the press – making final corrections of typos before it heads into production. Read by Petra Ortiz
Dr. Ehrman explains the origin of the scheme of numbered verses and chapters in modern Bibles. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Examining literacy rates for the ancient world in general and first century Palestine in particular. Read by Brandon M. Bender