"We can't understand our form of civilization without knowing about the history of early Christianity!"

Bart D. Ehrman

M.Div., Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has been teaching for over 15 years. He completed his undergraduate work at Wheaton College and received his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Prior to taking his position at UNC, Professor Ehrman taught at Rutgers University.

Professor Ehrman has published dozens of book reviews and scholarly articles for academic journals. He has written or edited 24 books, including The New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus; Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium; The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings; and After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity. He has served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature, Southeast Region; book review editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature; and editor of the Scholar’s Press Monograph Series The New Testament in the Greek Fathers.

Professor Ehrman has received several teaching awards, including the 2009 J. W. Pope "Spirit of Inquiry" Teaching Award, the Students’ Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Ruth and Philip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, and the Bowman and Gordon Gray Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Save Up To $185	New Testament Professor Bart D. Ehrman Whether you consider it a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings that the world has ever known. This course sheds the light of purely historical research on the New Testament—its form, the methods of its composition, its authors and their original audiences, and the larger historical context. Mindful of the limitations imposed by the available historical evidence and methods, Professor Bart. D. Ehrman brings impressive expertise to the task of reconstructing the life of Jesus and the early Christian community.

Save Up To $185	Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication Professor Bart D. Ehrman In the first centuries after Christ, there was no "official" New Testament. In fact, many Christians held beliefs that today would be considered bizarre, including the belief that Christ's death and resurrection had nothing to do with salvation. What did these "other" Scriptures say? Do they exist today? If such beliefs were once common, why do they no longer exist? These are just a few of the many provocative questions you explore in Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication.

Save Up To $160	History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon Professor Bart D. Ehrman The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon offers you a fast-moving yet thorough introduction to key issues in the development of the New Testament. These include: its different kinds of books, the conditions in which they were composed, what they teach, who actually wrote them, and—perhaps most important of all—why and how some books and not others became part of the canon of scripture that would define Christianity for all time. With their scholarly approach, these insightful lectures provide a deeper understanding of the New Testament for both Christians and non-Christians alike.

Save Up To $185	From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity Professor Bart D. Ehrman The traditional form of Christianity we know today includes beliefs, practices, a canon of sacred scripture, and even its own stated history, but it emerged only after many years of transition and conflict—with Judaism and with what can now only be called the "lost Christianities." Professor Bart D. Ehrman takes you through Christianity's first centuries to examine its transition from the religion of Jesus to a religion about Jesus. This 24-lecture series offers you a fresh outlook on the subject's most intriguing questions.

	Historical Jesus Professor Bart D. Ehrman Worshiped around the globe by more than a billion people today, Jesus is undoubtedly the single most important figure in the story of Western civilization and one of the most significant in world history altogether. Yet, Jesus of Nazareth presents unique challenges to the historian, as Professor Bart D. Ehrman explains in this 24-lecture course on the search for the Jesus of history. Join him for an erudite survey of sources, methods, contexts, and problems, and then weigh his carefully thought-out historical interpretation of the words and deeds of the man from Galilee.

	After the New Testament: The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers Professor Bart D. Ehrman Who exactly were the Apostolic Fathers? Why were they given that name? Most important, what windows into the shaping of Christianity's canon, church hierarchy, and creed are opened for us with an understanding of works that include the letters of 1 Clement or Ignatius, the Didache of the Apostles, or the Letter to Diognetus? Professor Bart D. Ehrman answers these and many other questions as he introduces us to what is considered the most important collection of post–New Testament writings.

Save Up To $360	Old Testament & New Testament (Set) Professor Bart D. Ehrman Discover new ways to look at the Hebrew and Christian Bibles with two expert religious scholars. The Old Testament probes the content of the Hebrew Bible's various books and various debates over their meaning. The New Testament draws on modern scholarship, recent archaeological evidence, and literary analysis to trace the history of the Christian Bible and the early Christian community.

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	Lost Christianities & New Testament (Set) Professor Bart D. Ehrman Discover new ways to look at the written works of Christianity with expert religious scholar and Professor Bart D. Ehrman. In Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication, follow scholars' efforts to recover knowledge of early Christian groups and the scriptures that defined their beliefs. Then, trace the history of the New Testament and the early Christian community in The New Testament.

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