In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering ch…

- Bart D. Ehrman

Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Ch…

- Bart D. Ehrman

My students sometimes ask: what is a fundamentalist? I give them a very simple definition. A fundamentalist is no fun, too much damn, and not enough …

- Bart D. Ehrman

The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.

- Bart D. Ehrman

In Matthew, Jesus declares, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” In Mark, he says,“Whoever is not against us is for us.” Did he say both things? C…

- Bart D. Ehrman

[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to live life generally. Ev…

- Bart D. Ehrman

You can’t believe something just because someone else desperately wants you to.

- Bart D. Ehrman

Jesus existed, and those vocal persons who deny it do so not because they have considered the evidence with the dispassionate eye of the historian, b…

- Bart D. Ehrman

I think the evidence is just so overwhelming that Jesus existed, that it's silly to talk about him not existing. I don't know anyone who is a respons…

- Bart D. Ehrman