One of the main tenets of Christianity is Jesus' divinity. Most denominations hold him to be fully

divine and also fully mortal, but that's a whole other conversation. History is littered with humans

who also claims to be gods, think Egyptian kings, for example. Is this something that also

applies to Jesus? Was he walking around telling people that he was, in fact, God?

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about the line between divine and mortal in the ancient

world, and to examine Jesus' self-presentation within the Gospels.

Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.

The only show, where 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.

Okay, so Jesus, divinity, mortality, all of that fun stuff. Before all of that, how are you, bud?

Yep, I'm doing pretty well, trying to think about the next book. book is done nothing off and now i'm like

into the next one and it's even every time i write a book i say you know this is this is the most

interesting thing i've ever done so i'm doing that now already you don't you don't like take

just a month to breathe a little no No, no, God, no.

No, you're just straight into the next project.

No, straight into it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, yeah.

How's your summer looking?

It's okay.

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