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 looks at the problem of determining who the first Pope was and shows why it couldn't be Peter. Read by John Paul...
To illustrate differences between writing for general and academic audiences, Dr. Ehrman presents the opening of his book Journeys to Heaven and Hell in...