![]() In this episode Bart discusses what we can know about early Christian martyrdom - what sources of information we have and whether they are reliable, issues never even broached by the apologists who raise the issue in the first place. In this episode we consider this claim by examining its unquestioned assumption: is it actually *true* that the apostles were all martyred for their faith? How do we know? How *could* we know? In fact, what do we know about martyrdom within Christianity at all in the first two centuries? How often did it occur? And were Christians martyred for saying that Jesus was raised from the dead? Therefore the disciples really were witnesses to the resurrection. Here it is: What good is it to say that the autographs (i.e. ![]() ![]() Someone may die for the truth, but who would die for a lie? And ALL of them? That seems completely implausible. In Misquoting Jesus, the New York Times bestseller subtitled The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, author Bart Ehrman fires a shot meant to sink the ship of any Christian who thinks the New Testament documents can be trusted. One of the claims consistently made by Christian apologists is that the apostles who declared that they themselves had seen Jesus after he had been raised from the dead MUST have been telling the truth - since they all died for their belief. Misquoting Jesus - James a Gray Professor of Religious Studies Bart D Ehrman 2010-10 Traditional Chinese edition of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, the book that critiques and challenges the Bible as it is scribed with ample evidence. ![]()
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