Bart D. Ehrman

**Bart Denton Ehrman** (born October 5, 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He has also authored six works included in The New York Times Best Seller list. He is currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Biography

He is a 1978 graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, where he received his bachelor's degree. He received his Ph.D. (in 1985) and M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he studied textual criticism of the Bible, development of the New Testament canon and New Testament apocrypha under Bruce Metzger. Both baccalaureate and doctorate were conferred _magna cum laude_.

Ehrman has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. Ehrman currently serves as co-editor of the series _New Testament Tools, Studies, and Documents_ (E. J. Brill), co-editor-in-chief for the journal _Vigiliae Christianae_, and on several other editorial boards for journals and monographs. Ehrman formerly served as President of the Southeast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, chair of the New Testament textual criticism section of the Society, book review editor of the _Journal of Biblical Literature_, and editor of the monograph series _The New Testament in the Greek Fathers_ (Scholars Press)

In 2006 he appeared on _The Colbert Report_ and _The Daily Show_, to promote his book _Misquoting Jesus_, and in 2009 reappeared on _The Colbert Report_ with the release of _Jesus, Interrupted_. Ehrman has appeared on the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, A&E, Dateline NBC, CNN, and NPR's _Fresh Air_ and his writings have been featured in _Time_, _Newsweek_, _The New York Times_, _The New Yorker_, and _The Washington Post_

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Bart D. Ehrman
- **image**: Bart-d-ehrman-2012-wikipedia.jpg
- **caption**: Ehrman in 2012, Photo by M. Caravaggio
- **birth name**: Bart Denton Ehrman
- **birth place**: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **known for**: * New Testament authentication
* Textual variants in the New Testament, Textual variants
* Historical Jesus
* Early Christian writings
* Orthodox corruption of the Bible
- **notable works**: * _Misquoting Jesus_ (2005)
* _God's Problem_ (2008)
* _Jesus, Interrupted_ (2009)
* _Forged (book), Forged_ (2011)
* _How Jesus Became God_ (2014)
* _The Triumph of Christianity_ (2018)
- **education**: * Moody Bible Institute
* Wheaton College (Illinois), Wheaton College (Bachelor of Arts, B.A.)
* Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity, M.Div., Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D)
- **title**: James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious studies, Religious Studies
- **employer**: The Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.