On Easter Sunday, April 12, Christians will fill church pews to hear the familiar story of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and his ascension into heaven. They’ll read from the Gospelsthe four books ...

Even skeptical scholars who don’t believe that Jesus really worked miracles acknowledge that, during his lifetime, he had a reputation as a healer and an exorcist. The numerous reports of Jesus’ ...

Renowned scholar Bart Ehrman answers wide-ranging questions about the historical Jesus, early gospel sources, and the origins of New Testament stories. He explains why historians widely accept Jesus' ...

A religious studies scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has become a hot-selling author, thanks to his accessible account of how scribes changed the Bible as they reproduced it.

(RNS) In a rare publishing feat, HarperCollins arranged to have a team of evangelical scholars write a rebuttal of hot-selling superstar writer Bart Ehrman's new book. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) As ...

I’ve been a fan of Bart Ehrman’s work for a while now. He’s a New Testament scholar who has an uncanny ability to make the consensus of biblical scholars understandable and interesting. He has five ...

(RNS) — In 'The Triumph of Christianity,' the New Testament scholar tries to answer a simple question: How did 20 Jesus followers come to convert most of the Western world in the space of 300 years?

Religious studies professor Bart D. Ehrman joins Fresh Air to discuss human suffering as it is addressed in the Bible. If there is an all-powerful... Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer ...

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, by Bart D. Ehrman. Simon & Schuster, 335 pp., $28. After the violent death of its messiah, Christianity must have seemed destined ...