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How I Opened My Book on Jesus
Dr. Ehrman returns to the introduction her wrote for "Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium," appreciating its emphasis on evidence. Read by John...
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Jesus in the Face of Death?
In my last post I pointed out that the famous passage of the so-called “bloody sweat” in Luke 22:43-44 is thought by some scholars...
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Who Knew? Our Oldest Commentary on the Book of Revelation
One of the great things about being a research scholar is that if you’re diligent and paying attention, you learn new stuff all the...
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Bruce Metzger and My Loss of Faith
Dr. Ehrman considers why he never knew what his mentor Bruce Metzger thought of his loss of faith. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
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An Unexpected Argument Against Jesus’ “Sweating Blood”
In the previous post I mentioned that I first got interested in the textual problem of Luke 22:43-44 (“the bloody sweat”) when I was...
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Another Problem with the NRSV: Knowing What To Translate
Translators of the Bible have a terrifically complicated and difficult (and usually thankless) task. I always knew that, of course, with my head –...