How did early Christians come to believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the divine Son of God? This is the central question in this book. When Did Jesus Become God? is a transcribed conversation between Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird, with a helpful historiographic introduction by Robert Stewart that helps readers understand the conclusions reached by Ehrman and Bird.Ehrman contends that neither Jesus himself nor the apostles believed that Jesus was divine during Jesus' life; i...

Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese here offer a groundbreaking, multi-lingual edition of the Apocryphal Gospels, one that breathes new life into the non-canonical texts that were once nearly lost to history. In The Apocryphal Gospels, Ehrman and Plese present a rare compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in t...

Paul and Jesus™: The Great Divide explores one of the most pivotal—and controversial—questions in the history of Christianity: Did Paul and Jesus teach the same religion? In this groundbreaking course, Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, a leading scholar of early Christianity, examines the stark differences—and surprising similarities—between the message of Jesus and the theology of Paul.Through eight thought-provoking lessons, listeners will discover how Jesus’ apocalyptic message of th...

Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese here offer a groundbreaking, multi-lingual edition of the Apocryphal Gospels, one that breathes new life into the non-canonical texts that were once nearly lost to history. In The Apocryphal Gospels, Ehrman and Plese present a rare compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in t...