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Jesus, Interrupted
- Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Misquoting Jesus
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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When world-class biblical scholar Bart Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. In Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman tells the story behind the mistakes and changes that ancient scribes made to the New Testament and shows the great impact they had upon the Bible we use today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The truth is painful , but falsehood kills.
- By Marcello Nabilito on 2019-10-18
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Heaven and Hell
- A History of the Afterlife
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd, Bart D. Ehrman - preface
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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In this “eloquent understanding of how death is viewed through many spiritual traditions” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Bart Ehrman recounts the long history of the afterlife, ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh up to the writings of Augustine, focusing especially on the teachings of Jesus and his early followers. He discusses ancient guided tours of heaven and hell, in which a living person observes the sublime blessings of heaven for those who are saved and the horrifying torments of hell for those who are damned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone should read this book
- By walter george on 2023-07-24
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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God's Problem
- The Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganzer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another.
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Armageddon
- What the Bible Really Says About the End
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse and offering a fascinating tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end. By turns hilarious, moving, troubling, and provocative, Armageddon presents inspiring insights into how to live our lives in the face of an uncertain future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't have come at a better time
- By JonnySel Productions on 2023-04-12
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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The End of Faith
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Here is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith. This important and timely work delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook narration is so bad that I can’t even listen
- By Gunnar Nelson on 2021-04-12
Written by: Sam Harris
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The New Testament
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Whether taken as a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings the world has ever known, its web of meaning relied upon by virtually every major writer in the last 2,000 years. Yet the New Testament is not only one of Western civilization’s most believed books, but also one of its most widely disputed, often maligned, and least clearly understood, with a vast number of people unaware of how it was written and transmitted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good stuff
- By Miranda on 2018-09-15
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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Misquoting Jesus
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
When world-class biblical scholar Bart Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. In Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman tells the story behind the mistakes and changes that ancient scribes made to the New Testament and shows the great impact they had upon the Bible we use today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The truth is painful , but falsehood kills.
- By Marcello Nabilito on 2019-10-18
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Heaven and Hell
- A History of the Afterlife
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd, Bart D. Ehrman - preface
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
In this “eloquent understanding of how death is viewed through many spiritual traditions” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Bart Ehrman recounts the long history of the afterlife, ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh up to the writings of Augustine, focusing especially on the teachings of Jesus and his early followers. He discusses ancient guided tours of heaven and hell, in which a living person observes the sublime blessings of heaven for those who are saved and the horrifying torments of hell for those who are damned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone should read this book
- By walter george on 2023-07-24
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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God's Problem
- The Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganzer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another.
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Armageddon
- What the Bible Really Says About the End
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse and offering a fascinating tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end. By turns hilarious, moving, troubling, and provocative, Armageddon presents inspiring insights into how to live our lives in the face of an uncertain future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't have come at a better time
- By JonnySel Productions on 2023-04-12
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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The End of Faith
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Here is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith. This important and timely work delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook narration is so bad that I can’t even listen
- By Gunnar Nelson on 2021-04-12
Written by: Sam Harris
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The New Testament
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Whether taken as a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings the world has ever known, its web of meaning relied upon by virtually every major writer in the last 2,000 years. Yet the New Testament is not only one of Western civilization’s most believed books, but also one of its most widely disputed, often maligned, and least clearly understood, with a vast number of people unaware of how it was written and transmitted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good stuff
- By Miranda on 2018-09-15
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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How Jesus Became God
- The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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In a book that took eight years to research and write, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Ehrman explores how an apocalyptic prophet from the backwaters of rural Galilee crucified for crimes against the state came to be thought of as equal with the one God Almighty Creator of all things. Ehrman sketches Jesus's transformation from a human prophet to the Son of God exalted to divine status at his resurrection. Only when some of Jesus's followers had visions of him after his death - alive again - did anyone come to think that he, the prophet from Galilee, had become God.
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Jesus Before the Gospels
- How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally - including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels. In this fascinating and deeply researched work, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Erhman investigates the role oral history has played in the New Testament - how the telling of these stories not only spread Jesus' message but helped shape it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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provides a clear answer to oral history claims
- By Sethenin on 2022-03-27
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament, Volume 1
- Written by: Joshua Bowen
- Narrated by: Seth Andrews
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Old Testament is a fierce battleground for atheists and Christian apologists, with each side accusing the other of taking challenging and troubling passages out of context. In this handbook, Joshua Bowen not only provides the background to the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, but engages with hotly contested topics like slavery, failed prophecy, and the authorship of debated Old Testament books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent !!!
- By Darnaryel Fantaisie on 2023-05-07
Written by: Joshua Bowen
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The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2
- Written by: Joshua Bowen
- Narrated by: Seth Andrews
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Following up on the first volume, The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2 takes up the challenge of providing a clear and useful guide to those wanting a better understanding of the Old Testament, including its cultural and historical background, as well as discussions on contentious topics like violence and genocide, and whether the Exodus was a real historical event. Volume two also covers the narrative of the Old Testament, from the conquest to the divided monarchy, and a brief history of Egypt to help situate the biblical text within agreed historical events.
Written by: Joshua Bowen
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Lost Christianities
- The Battles of Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Matthew Kugler
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration, easy to digest book
- By Sethenin on 2021-12-26
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot
- Written by: Seth Andrews
- Narrated by: Seth Andrews
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Seth Andrews wasn't an idiot during his 30 years as an evangelical Christian. He wasn't unintelligent, nor did his IQ shift when he ultimately left religion entirely. He considered himself thoughtful, moral, reasonable, and at least as smart as the average person. In other words, he wasn't an idiot. Yet strangely, he often sounded like one.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some good points
- By Edwin Platt on 2023-11-30
Written by: Seth Andrews
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Godless
- How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
- Written by: Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Dan Barker
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Part 1 of Godless, "Rejecting God", tells the story of how I moved from devout preacher to atheist and beyond. Part 2, "Why I Am an Atheist", presents my philosophical reasons for unbelief. Part 3, "What's Wrong with Christianity", critiques the bible (its reliability as well as its morality) and the historical evidence for Jesus. Part 4, "Life Is Good!", comes back to my personal story, taking a case to the United States Supreme Court, dealing with personal trauma, and experiencing the excitement of Adventures in Atheism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much better than I anticipated.
- By Christian Hamel on 2022-11-05
Written by: Dan Barker, and others
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On the Historicity of Jesus
- Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt
- Written by: Richard Carrier
- Narrated by: Richard Carrier
- Length: 28 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The assumption that Jesus existed as a historical person has occasionally been questioned in the course of the last hundred years or so, but any doubts that have been raised have usually been put to rest in favor of imagining a blend of the historical, the mythical, and the theological in the surviving records of Jesus. Historian and philosopher Richard Carrier reexamines the whole question and finds compelling reasons to suspect the more daring assumption is correct.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent book!
- By Tataypoghi on 2023-07-11
Written by: Richard Carrier
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Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- Written by: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read by Ann Druyan featuring Carl Sagan
- By Brian on 2018-08-27
Written by: Carl Sagan
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Revelations
- Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
- Written by: Elaine Pagels
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Elaine Pagels explores the surprising history of the most controversial book of the Bible. In the waning days of the Roman Empire, militant Jews in Jerusalem had waged anall-out war against Rome’s occupation of Judea, and their defeat resulted in the desecration of the Great Temple in Jerusalem. In the aftermath of that war, John of Patmos, a Jewish prophet and follower of Jesus, wrote the Book of Revelation, prophesying God’s judgment on the pagan empire that devastated and dominated his people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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phenomenal brief history
- By Nick on 2018-01-19
Written by: Elaine Pagels
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Forgery and Counterforgery
- The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics
- Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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"Arguably the most distinctive feature of the early Christian literature," writes Bart Ehrman, "is the degree to which it was forged." The Homilies and Recognitions of Clement; Paul's letters to and from Seneca; Gospels by Peter, Thomas, and Philip; Jesus' correspondence with Abgar, letters by Peter and Paul in the New Testament - all forgeries. To cite just a few examples.
Written by: Bart D. Ehrman
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The God Delusion
- Written by: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover magazine recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. Prospect magazine voted him among the top three public intellectuals in the world (along with Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky). Now Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read
- By Kindle Customer on 2019-02-22
Written by: Richard Dawkins
Publisher's Summary
These are not idiosyncratic perspectives of just one modern scholar. As Ehrman skillfully demonstrates, they have been the standard and widespread views of critical scholars across a full spectrum of denominations and traditions. Why is it most people have never heard such things?
This is the book that pastors, educators, and anyone interested in the Bible have been waiting for, a clear and compelling account of the central challenges we face when attempting to reconstruct the life and message of Jesus.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-31
Stuff I never heard when I was religious! Wow...
Short time to type here, but wow, this was interesting. Think I'm going to buy the print edition too, for all the references. SO many contradictions I never was taught when I was a Christian. The most basic questions like "What day did Jesus die?"... The gospels can't even get THAT right. Mark? Day before passover. John? Passover day. I think this book lends itself best to someone who is on the way out of religion, and feel curious about things your church hasn't taught you. I don't see how you come away from this still holding to the dogmatic view that the book is the infallible mouth breathed word of God. It's not.
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- Doc
- 2018-12-28
Classic Ehrman!
A concise summary on the historicity of JC and the theological journey of the author.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-04-01
Amazing
Bart Ehrman, through this book, has lifted the lid off of a beautifully painted manhole cover and revealed the sewer I wasn’t fully aware of
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Deanna G. Selinger
- 2018-07-31
excellent, realistic and impeccably researched...
... by Bart Herman, an expert in biblical, especially New Testament studies. I'm an atheist solely because of rationality and reason so it did me good to hear that his break from faith had everything to do with simply understanding the christian bible "[historically rather than devotionally]", and by not moralizing every concept, every word, or assigning universal meaning and truths to both, as most christians are wont to do. Ehrman cites many, if not all, of the discrepancies and contradictions in the bible which completely discredit the entire canonization.The bible needs to be appreciated for what it is - a great work of literature and a record of myths - fantastical myths, horrible myths and even worse characters, especially the "one and only God" character. Ehrman tells of how and why he began to understand the bible, and how it should be understood, in its entirety, as a product of its era.
The narrator is clear and does not overly dramatize. A fairly easy listen. I give it 5s all the way across.
The book "Zealot" by Reza Aslan, is another reader/listener friendly book about this subject - the lives and times in which the books of the bible were recorded are direct by-products of the socio-economic milieu in which they were written down from many generations of an oral story-telling tradition.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- R. Reed
- 2009-04-09
Take a college course in New Testament in a book
I teach "Introduction to the New Testament" in a Public University in North Carolina. This is without a doubt the best introduction to the New Testament that is currently available. The book is accessible but always scholarly. I assume Ehrman has taken his notes from his New Testament class and expanded them into a book, because this is precisely the material one would get in a New Testament class at a University. Evangelicals will find the material challenging, but Ehrman (a former evangelical himself) works hard to show the evidence and answer the objections he knows are coming. I cannot say enough good about this book. Buy it, listen to it, and your understanding of the New Testament will be enhance and possible transformed.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- G-Man
- 2009-03-07
Unbiased/Informative
Less academic than Misquoting Jesus, therefore more listenable, this is another Bart D. Ehrman look into the early Christian Faith/Jesus Movement. I learned nothing about the bible from Christian evangelical radio, so I am glad to get another audiobook that is very well informed.
If you want to learn about early Christianity without the proselytizing this book presents an explanation/examination of the famed discrepancies of the gospels; very intriguing.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Nancy Powers
- 2009-06-03
Good info. but hard to get through
The book really does have some good information on the historical New Testament. I am taking on faith that Mr. Ehrman is truly the scholar he says he is, and that his historical data does, in fact, reflect the information one would receive at a university when studying the topic. My problem with the material is that the dissemination of this historical information is only about half of the book. The other half is repeating, ad nauseam, the information presented, combined with a rather self-aggrandizing account of the author, his life, and his beliefs (which are also repeated many times). I kept finding myself wanting to shout "you said that already, at least twice, move on!" every 10 minutes or so. He really needed a better editor to cut out all the noise and help him stick to the topic, which would in turn have alleviated some of the need for him to constantly mention that he didn't have the space to go into each topic in more detail.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- OpenMindedNotCredulous
- 2009-12-30
Perfect balance of plain language and scholarship
This is the most approachable critical historical look at Jesus and the New Testament that I've yet read. This book should be mandatory reading for everyone, both believers and non-believers, who holds a strong opinion regarding Christianity. It certainly won't turn a non-believer into a believer. It's unlikely to turn a believer into a non-believer. But it is likely to make both sides take less extreme stances regarding the role of Christianity (especially those of the American Evangelical persuasion) in todays society.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Paul
- 2010-06-27
Excellent book
As a Christian believer (albeit open minded) I found this book fascinating. It certainly has caused me to look differently and more deeply and the new testament gospels that we all tend to accept blindly. It has actually deepened (not threatened) my faith. Thank you Prof. Ehrman, I only wish I had taken your classes while at UNC.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sparkie
- 2009-07-04
A Seminary in a Book
An incredible book that will let you see what is taught in mainline Seminaries and Divinity schools throughout the western world... much of it you'll probably never learn about in church, even though your pastor knows many of these facts... It's like a seminary in a book and will add a whole new dimension to your reading of the most significant book in the western world. It teaches a critical historic review of the New Testament rather then what most people know which is just a devotional read of the Bible. I first listened to on audible and like it so well bought a couple copies here for me and other more progressive friends.
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- Darwin8u
- 2012-06-11
Ehrman = Engaging/Challenging + a Tad Pedantic
This book seems to fit in between 'Misquoting Jesus' and 'God's Problem'. I didn't find it as intellectually satisfying as 'Misquoting Jesus' and I didn't find it as doctrinally challenging as 'God's Problem'. While I appreciate Ehrman's desire to translate Biblical scholarship for the lay reader, 'Jesus, Interrupted' just seemed over-organized but also underwrought. At his best Ehrman is engaging and challenging. At his worst, Ehrman's prose jumps between pedantic and overly simplistic. His central premise on the need to read the Bible from a historical perspective and not just a doctrinal perspective already had significant purchase in me, so perhaps, I was just hoping 'Jesus, Interrupted' would wow me just a little more.
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- Michael D. Fleetwood
- 2012-03-20
Only 1 part: The book is only 6 hours long.
Any additional comments?
The book was very enjoyable: a nice account of the New Testament from an historical perspective.
My complaint is that the book is only 6 hours. It is listed as 12 hours and divided into two parts. If you download both parts, you just downloaded the same book twice. It's a good listen, just limit your expectations to 6 hours (not 12 hours!).
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Tim
- 2011-08-15
Nothing new.....
I would suggest anyone who listens to this would also listen to Lee Strobel's, "The Case For Christ". Everything the author presents can be disputed in that book. He didn't present any new arguments that I hadn't heard. As a student of the Bible, it was definitely interesting though and Christians who believe the Word of God is accurate and reliable need to be aware of this type of teaching.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Matthew
- 2009-09-18
Ehrman is Back
After Ehrman's last book, God's Problem, I was worried that his work had lost its usual rigor and objectivity. I am happy to say that Ehrman is back in Jesus, Interrupted. This is a concise, objective view of how different authors of the New Testament differ on fundamental issues and how we are left to decide for ourselves how to reconcile these discrepancies. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has read the Bible and thinks they really know it well. This book will open your eyes to how little you actually know.
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