Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is a New Testament scholar and an expert on early Christianity. He received his Ph.D and M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary where he studied under Bruce Metzger. He currently serves as the chairperson of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the President of the Southeast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, and worked closely as an editor on a number of the Society's publications. Currently, he co-edits the series New Testament Tools and Studies.

Much of Ehrman's writing has concentrated on various aspects of Walter Bauer's thesis that Christianity was always diversified or at odds with itself. Ehrman is often considered a pioneer in connecting the history of the early church to textual variants within biblical manuscripts and in coining such terms as "Proto-orthodox Christianity." In his writings, Ehrman has turned around textual criticism. From the time of the Church Fathers, it was the heretics (Marcion, for example) that were charged with tampering with the biblical manuscripts. Ehrman theorizes that it was actually the Orthodox that "corrupted" the manuscripts. His scholarly output is extensive. He has authored or contributed to nineteen books.

Ehrman has two children, a daughter, Kelly, and a son, Derek. He is married to Sarah Beckwith (Ph.D., King's College London), Marcello Lotti Professor of English at Duke University.

Although Ehrman has a strong background in Evangelical Christianity, having attending both Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College (B.A., 1978), his personal beliefs have shifted over time. Ehrman now considers himself an agnostic. He appeared on The Colbert Report, as well as The Daily Show, in 2006 to promote his book Misquoting Jesus and was jokingly called an "atheist without balls" (alluding to his agnosticism) on national television by Stephen Colbert.

In March of 2006, Ehrman and evangelical theologian William Lane Craig engaged in a debate entitled "Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?" on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross, with Ehrman arguing the opposing position. Following the event, Ehrman's publisher, along with Craig, expressed interest in publishing the transcript in book form. However, Ehrman declined. [1] [2] [3] In June of 2006, a transcript of the debate was made available on the college's website. [4]

Bibliography

• Ehrman, Bart (2006). The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-531460-3.
• Ehrman, Bart (2006). Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-530013-0.
• Ehrman, Bart (2005). Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-073817-0.
• Metzger, Bruce M. (2005). The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-516667-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Ehrman, Bart (2004). Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-518140-9.
• Ehrman, Bart (2004). A Brief Introduction to the New Testament. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-516123-8.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). The Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-514183-0.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-515462-2.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C.E.: A Reader. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-515461-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). The Apostolic Fathers: Volume II. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-99608-9.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). The Apostolic Fathers: Volume I. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-99607-0.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings: A Reader. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-515464-9.
• Ehrman, Bart (2003). Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-514182-2.
• Ehrman, Bart (1999). Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-512474-X.
• Ehrman, Bart (1998). After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-511445-0.
• Ehrman, Bart (1996). The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-510279-7.
• Ehrman, Bart (1987). Didymus the Blind and the Text of the Gospels (The New Testament in the Greek Fathers; No. 1). Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 1-55540-084-1.

External links

• Bio at UNC
• Bart Ehrman website from Oxford University Press
• Bart Ehrman's Official Site
• The Teaching Company
• Neely Tucker. "The Book of Bart." The Washington Post, 2006. Profile of Bart Ehrman, focusing on his personal beliefs
• Ehrman on The Daily Show with John Stewart
• Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus? A debate between William Lane Craig and Bart D. Ehrman
• Review of Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus by P.J. Williams
• A Q&A With Bart D. Ehrman.
• Critical review of Ehrman's work by Professor Daniel B. Wallace
• Ehrman on Colbert Report
• 2007 Textual Criticism paper dialoguing with Ehrman's Orthodox Corruption Thesis [[[Brian James Wright], Jesus as "God": Scriptural Fact or Scribal Fantasy] ]