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 introduces his translation of a legendary written correspondence between Jesus and a Syrian King. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Cyrene applies a 15-point checklist to see if Thutmose of Egyptian history could be the same person as Moses. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Dr. Ehrman shows how early Christians may have felt justified in lying about creating a forgery. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.