When I say reincarnation, your first thought probably isn't Christianity. But believe it or not,

reincarnation was a theological concept for some early Christians. How does what early Christians

taught about reincarnation differ from what we as modern people understand it to be? Was it a common

idea? Or did those who espoused it received pushback and censorship

from their fellow Christians? And why isn't reincarnation still a Christian concept? Stay tuned for all

of that and so much more. Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. The only show were a six-time New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned Bible scholar

uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity.

I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin.

Many people in the modern Western world view reincarnation as a belief predominantly from

Eastern religions, especially Buddhism and Hinduism. Today, we're going to be talking about

ideas of reincarnation in early Christianity and origin of Alexandria, one of the concepts main proponents in the Christian

world. Before we get into that, though, but how are you doing today?

Yeah, I'm doing all right. When this airs, we will have finished our new insights into the New

Testament conference, and we're moving on now to other things. So this online course thing, the courses on Christian Origins is going great guns, and it's

very exciting.

So I'm doing pretty well.

I'm very pumped about the conference.

How are you doing?

Yeah, I am okay.

Thank you.

I am currently battling a cat who wishes to headbut the microphone, which is adorable,

but not very helpful for

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