Bart Ehrman quote: "The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body. And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed."

Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, ...
BART EHRMAN

[Judas] is the good guy in this portrayal.
BART EHRMAN

He is the good guy in this portrayal. In fact, he is not only the good guy, he is the only apostle w...
BART EHRMAN

This is obviously one of the most unusual and contrary gospels written in Christian antiquity.
BART EHRMAN

He's the good guy in this portrayal. He's the only apostle who understands Jesus.
BART EHRMAN

In the ancient world, Christianity was even more diverse than it was today.
BART EHRMAN

We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature.
BART EHRMAN

Often they think of him as somebody who was greedy, avaricious, who was more interested in making mo...
BART EHRMAN

There's not a single scholar on the face of the Earth who buys any of it.
BART EHRMAN

I just began to lose it. It wasn't for lack of trying. But I just couldn't believe there was a God i...
BART EHRMAN

Given the circumstance that (God) didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me...
BART EHRMAN

For most people, the Bible is a non-problematic book. What people don't realize is that they're read...
BART EHRMAN

It is even more fascinating than we imagined.
BART EHRMAN

One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who l...
BART D. EHRMAN

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
BART D. EHRMAN

It took at least three hundred years of debate before the question of the canon even began to reach ...
BART D. EHRMAN

The authors of Job and Ecclesiastes explicitly state that there is no afterlife.
BART D. EHRMAN

The approach taken to the Bible in almost all Protestant (and now Catholic) mainline seminaries is w...
BART D. EHRMAN

Most of the people who are trained in Bible scholarship have been educated in theological institutio...
BART D. EHRMAN

Arguably it is also the most thoroughly misunderstood, especially by the lay reading public.
BART D. EHRMAN

Orthodoxy is my doxy and heterodoxy is your doxy.
BART D. EHRMAN

I have often wondered what would have happened if Paul and Matthew had been locked up in a room toge...
BART D. EHRMAN

In some parts of the church, the Apocalypse of John (the book of Revelation) was flat out rejected a...
BART D. EHRMAN

What I want to show is that because of the very nature of the historical disciplines, historians can...
BART D. EHRMAN

The Greek word apocalypsis means a “revealing” or an “unveiling.” Scholars have called this ...
BART D. EHRMAN

In the American South, where I live, Christianity is very much about the Bible. Most Christians come...
BART D. EHRMAN

Whether you are a believer—fundamentalist, evangelical, moderate, liberal—or a nonbeliever, the ...
BART D. EHRMAN

One of my favorite apparent discrepancies—I read John for years without realizing how strange this...
BART D. EHRMAN

Within three hundred years Jesus went from being a Jewish apocalyptic prophet to being God himself, ...
BART D. EHRMAN

As we will see, there are lots of other discrepancies in the New Testament, some of them far more di...
BART D. EHRMAN

7. This is a consensus view among scholars today. For one thing, Matthew used Mark as a source for m...
BART D. EHRMAN

4. To cite one well-known example of this ignorance of Jewish customs: Mark 7:3 indicates that the P...
BART D. EHRMAN

And so we have one of the great ironies of the early Christian tradition. The profoundly Jewish reli...
BART D. EHRMAN

Why would God have inspired the words of the Bible if he chose not to preserve these words for poste...
BART D. EHRMAN

Similarly, some biblical views of women are superior to others. And so the apostle Paul’s attitude...
BART D. EHRMAN

Within three hundred years Jesus went from being a Jewish apocalyptic prophet to being God himself, ...
BART D. EHRMAN

There were lots of early Christian groups. They all claimed to be right. They all had books to back ...
BART D. EHRMAN

Only in the latest of our Gospels, John, a Gospel that shows considerably more theological sophistic...
BART D. EHRMAN

The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions. Moses did not wr...
BART D. EHRMAN

Some people may think that it is a dangerous attitude to take toward the Bible, to pick and choose w...
BART D. EHRMAN

In Matthew, Jesus declares, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” In Mark, he says,“Whoever ...
BART D. EHRMAN

In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient s...
BART D. EHRMAN

The historical problems with Luke are even more pronounced. For one thing, we have relatively good r...
BART D. EHRMAN

[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bibl...
BART D. EHRMAN

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

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence
MAX EHRMAN

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greate...
MAX EHRMAN

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they ...
MAX EHRMAN

The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.
BART STUPAK

I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years...
BART STUPAK

When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had h...
BART STUPAK

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion ...
BART STUPAK

All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public fund...
BART STUPAK

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example o...
BART STUPAK

I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position,...
BART STUPAK

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.
BART STUPAK

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthca...
BART STUPAK

I'm pretty stubborn.
BART STUPAK

No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, bec...
BART STUPAK

Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
BART STUPAK

When you start talking about the patients' bill of rights and all the benefits that are in there...
BART STUPAK

We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a lang...
BART STUPAK

During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and ass...
BART STARR

It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.
BART STARR

If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent tha...
BART STARR

I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American peopl...
BART STARR

Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defen...
BART STARR

When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'...
BART GORDON

If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the ...
BART GORDON

Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objection...
BART GORDON

A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
BART GORDON

If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about...
BART GORDON

Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens ...
BART CONNER

While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Americ...
BART GORDON

That was a big boost for our kids, mentally as well as time-wise. No team score was kept, but I was ...
BART WITTE

Our goal is to be competitive in every event. And we're happy with how we did today.
BART WITTE

It's going to be a situation where we're going to run a lot of different guys, hardly anyone's going...
BART WITTE

The kids that were juniors that we major contributors last year will have to carry the load in the b...
BART WITTE

I'm happy for the boys. I've been with the senior class now for six years and their hard work is pay...
BART WITTE

We're talking about a lady having all her earthly possessions stripped from her house. She's destitu...
BART TUCKER

You just get really close to these people.
BART TUCKER

We've established a spark of hope here in this area. It's really starting to look like a community i...
BART TUCKER

There was no one there. No one.
BART TUCKER

It sounds like a lot but at the end of the day, the commissary would be empty. Depleted. They came r...
BART TUCKER

At 1:30 in the morning, here come these crazy volunteers from Virginia, pounding on the doors.
BART TUCKER

We were on a grand adventure, not knowing what, exactly, to expect. It was a mess of uncertainty.
BART TUCKER

I'm very pleased. I don't remember when we have come out the first week and looked as sharp as we di...
BART TOOLEY

That got Paul into a rhythm. We went back to the backfield they're comfortable with and that helped ...
BART TOOLEY

We only ran 15 plays offensive plays in the first half and we just didn't get in synch. We were too ...
BART TOOLEY

I think this win says last year wasn't a fluke.
BART TOOLEY

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the bi...
ROGER BART

It's good to know that when we need to run the ball between the tackles we can. They were putting se...
BART TOOLEY

Brandon Dunn is a tremendous athlete and their entire team should be proud of the way they played. T...
BART TOOLEY

They run a lot of spread formation and they are quick and shifty, which is similar to how Dolgeville...
BART TOOLEY

I am happy with the effort and with the result, but not with the execution. We made more than our sh...
BART TOOLEY

The turning point was not letting them score again before halftime. It could have been 21-14. Instea...
BART TOOLEY

This is one you circle on the calendar. And when you know that you're going to be playing them early...
BART TOOLEY

This is a fun meet. It's getting down to crunch time and this is the kind of meet that we can experi...
BART THOMPSON

Our girls have run well all season. And they continue to do so, despite losing some of our top runne...
BART THOMPSON

Ryan just never quit. He didn't care who he was wrestling; he just kept going at it. He was facing a...
BART THOMPSON

It was an absolute dogfight. I'm just as proud as I can be of our kids. Weber's been beating us all ...
BART THOMPSON

Diane has been a stud and is getting back into form. It's looking like we'll get her back for region...
BART THOMPSON

If we continue wrestling with all the heart and courage we have, I wouldn't bet against us. Our stud...
BART THOMPSON

I think our overall depth is equal to or maybe even better than last year.
BART THOMPSON

We continue to be where we want to be. We're definitely getting closer to our goal of having a good ...
BART THOMPSON

It has been the last four years that the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the state cham...
BART THOMPSON

We were trying to build on our momentum from (the CB West victory). We ran into a really good footba...
BART SZARKO

Tony worked so hard in camp. We're hoping he comes back. The timetable says he will. He's a leader.
BART SZARKO

We're not even going to watch the tape. Our non-league schedule is over. We're going to get ready fo...
BART SZARKO

It's good having Joe around.
BART SZARKO

We don't have another 20 years,
BART STUPAK

If the Poe Lock were ever rendered unusable due to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, it would ...
BART STUPAK

Working men and women have not had a fair shake in this country for the last few years and we really...
BART STUPAK

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? ... It's simply another example o...
BART STUPAK

Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
BART STUPAK

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.
BART STUPAK

While costs for full interoperability are estimated at $18 billion, for the second year in a row the...
BART STUPAK

I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just be...
BART STUPAK

As a congressman, I've never called for a ban. We've called for a full disclosure of the risks invol...
BART STUPAK

If you want to continue to sell guns outside the normal course of market, being the hardware store o...
BART STUPAK

What that told me was that the quarterback is the key to the whole deal, ... For Urban to be sleepin...
BART STARR

My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playi...
BART STARR

Desire and dedication are everything!
BART STARR

Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the...
BART STARR

If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than yo...
BART STARR

Pork is not a verb
BART SIMPSON

I am not delightfully saucy
BART SIMPSON

I am not a dentist
BART SIMPSON

I am not the last Don
BART SIMPSON

I am not licensed to do anything
BART SIMPSON

I am not a licensed hairstylist
BART SIMPSON

I think it's ironic that for once dad's butt prevented the release of toxic gas.
BART SIMPSON

I will not send lard through the mail
BART SIMPSON

My butt does not deserve a website
BART SIMPSON

I will not fake seizures
BART SIMPSON

I remember how Bob skated very, very bad in Salt Lake. I know his parents well, and I remember huggi...
BART SCHOUTEN

I think he saw his opportunity to do an Armstrong. Chad just took off like no one I've ever seen.
BART SCHOUTEN

We were hoping for a miracle, but we knew she wasn't skating so well. The word she used yesterday wa...
BART SCHOUTEN

She's laid back, but we all know she can step up when she wants to. In the big competitions, she alw...
BART SCHOUTEN

For a rookie, he did pretty good with a gold, silver and bronze. I think he learned a ton.
BART SCHOUTEN

Of course, he's upset. But he couldn't blame anybody and didn't want to blame anybody. When he loses...
BART SCHOUTEN

I think it's the strongest team we've ever fielded.
BART SCHOUTEN

Joey, to me, is the favorite now because of the way he's been skating.
BART SCHOUTEN

He's an emotional guy. But I don't think he understood why this was happening. He was a little throw...
BART SCHOUTEN

This is such a huge relief, a big burden off his shoulders. I think he can definitely get back on th...
BART SCHOUTEN

Heartland reflects well on us because it's one of our premier arts organizations.
BART PETERSON

I think it's pretty clear that there will be a significant number of new jobs at the finance center,
BART PETERSON

We had a little bit of wrangling, ... but we got the job done, and we got it done quickly, and we go...
BART PETERSON

It's now harder to vote in Indiana than any other state in the U.S.,
BART PETERSON

We can expect the West to reply, even including the possibility of force, raising the temperature in...
BART MELEK

The labor market seems to be fairly robust. Strong employment means income growth, and that means pe...
BART MELEK

Warmer-than-expected fall weather and high prices have reduced energy demand in the western hemisphe...
BART MELEK

Recent oil and fuel inventory trends are clearly demonstrating that the oil industry is no longer in...
BART MELEK

They're our two big guns. If we're going to go anywhere this year, we got to have them hitting the b...
BART MCATEE

That's big to get on top this early in the season because when you get down you start to kind of dou...
BART MCATEE

It was kind of a statement game. But, it's early. I mean, we can't get too overconfident because thi...
BART MCATEE

I don't know if we've beaten them in 10 years. I know at least 10, maybe longer than that. It's good...
BART MCATEE

If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal...
BART GORDON

This plan is coming out at a time when the nation is facing significant budgetary challenges. Gettin...
BART GORDON

should not be done by cannibalizing other NASA missions.
BART GORDON

I fear that the approach being taken by this administration to move the Vision forward over the near...
BART GORDON

I was very pleased with what went on, ... I hit the ball extremely well. I made a couple of fairly d...
BART BRYANT

It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w...
BART BRYANT

It is what it is, unfortunately. It has highlighted the importance of long-term maintenance, and it ...
BART BRYANT

It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I...
BART BRYANT

Tiger always lets you know he's around,
BART BRYANT

I felt like I was supposed to make that putt. Two years ago, I don't think I would have believed I w...
BART BRYANT

There is no question he played a huge role in getting me going as a pro,
BART BRYANT

To scare Tiger a little, I think I'm going to have to put two or three of those up together.
BART BRYANT

I feared choking my guts out a lot. All week long.
BART BRYANT

It was kind of every golfer's dream. You make a putt to win a tournament and walk off to shake the h...
BART BRYANT

Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
BART STARR

We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle...
BART STARR

Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
BART SIMPSON

Rudolph's red nose is not alcohol-related
BART SIMPSON

There's no such thing as a soul. It's just something they made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman ...
BART SIMPSON

Dear God. We paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.
BART SIMPSON

Hi, I'm looking for Amanda... Amanda Hug N Kiss.
BART SIMPSON

I never thought it was humanly possible, but this both sucks and blows.
BART SIMPSON

Mom, can we go Catholic so we can get communion wafers and booze?
BART SIMPSON

Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.
BART SIMPSON

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given...
PETER BART

You kill 'em, we grill 'em!
BART SIMPSON

A lot of journalists who'd never dealt with Lucas, when they started competing ferociously for these...
PETER BART

I'm concerned about cannibalizing other missions.
BART GORDON

Conditions were tough. And when they're tough, it comes down to willpower ? who wants it most ? and ...
BART SCHOUTEN

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corpo...
PETER BART

We're young. We have a lot of freshmen, sophomores and juniors.
BART BROOKS

He has been hopeless and helpless. It was just so hard to see as a coach.
BART SCHOUTEN

We were all just shocked because at 49 years of age he has grown kids and he's a full time pilot.
BART CONNER

The putt I made for bogey
BART BRYANT

We normally would have beaten them 9 out of 10 times. But this is Turin - they can do a little bit e...
BART SCHOUTEN

I just said, 'I'm tied for the lead at a great tournament, ... All that matters is what I do from th...
BART BRYANT

You could say it is the most advanced propulsion system available. There are a whole lot of features...
BART OLSON

For the Blues, if this indeed is the case, it's an exciting time to have new ownership. Everybody on...
BART ROGERS

Today, we are one important step closer to realizing this fantastic opportunity for thousands of new...
BART PETERSON

It's a lone time to be a Democrat in Indiana.
BART PETERSON

I would expect eminent domain to play a significant role in the rebuilding of New Orleans. My guess ...
BART PETERSON

They think it will reduce the number of Democrats who'll vote,
BART PETERSON

I don't think it's going to be a wide margin either way, ... But I do believe it will pass. Because ...
BART PETERSON

The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body. And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed.

Bart Ehrman

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