Bart Ehrman, Jesus Before the Gospels

Published: March 27, 2016, 6 p.m.

Were the authors of the gospels who told fanciful stories about Jesus making stuff up, or did they have faulty memories, or both? \xa0\xa0Bart Ehrman, The James A Gray Professor of Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina tackles the issue of Jesus and memory. \xa0He is one the most renowned and controversial religious scholars in the world. \xa0He studies the historical Jesus and early Christian writings but is not a Christian. \xa0He has written over twenty books and has appeared on this program\xa0twice\xa0previously. \xa0His latest book is\xa0Jesus Before the Gospels: \xa0How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of The Savior. \xa0 \xa0Find his\xa0blog\xa0in which all proceeds go to help the hungry and homeless.