Did Christians Invent Jesus' Teachings?

About this episode

Dr. Bart Ehrman discusses how scholars reconstruct the teachings of the historical Jesus.

We've been talking a lot about the revolutionary message of altruism in Jesus' teachings recently - but how do we know what the historical Jesus actually taught? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss exactly how scholars reconstruct his message.

People in this episode

Guest: Bart Ehrman

Topics covered

• historical Jesus
• altruism
• scholarship
• Christianity
• teachings of Jesus

Keywords

• historical Jesus
• altruism
• teachings
• Christianity
• scholarship

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Books & works: Jesus' teachings

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