Bart's newest book, Love Thy Stranger, will be released on March 24th.

But really, how much can you say about Jesus' impact on the moral conscience of the West?

As it turns out, quite a lot.

And this week we'll be getting into exactly what you can expect to read.

Welcome to Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. The only show, where a six-time New York Times best-selling 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. Our inaugural new insights into the Hebrew Bible conference is happening March 20th through

the 22nd, and I am thrilled to be one of the presenters. My talk is titled Before in the Beginning,

the Creation Myths that shaped Genesis, and it explores the striking parallels between Genesis

and ancient Mesopotamian creation stories, showing how those earlier myths helped to shape

the biblical account. To celebrate, we're hosting a special live Meet Megan AMA on Zoom, exclusively for those of you who grab an NIHB pass between now and March 20th, and use the coupon code, Megan Bonus, at checkout.

You'll hear from Dan McClellan, Joel Baden, and more. Just head to Bart Ehrman.com forward slash HB conference. On the checkout page,

enter Megan Bonus, that's M-E-G-A-N-B-O-N-U-S, to unlock a special discount and the instructions

for the AMA, which will take place in early April. I'd love to hang out, answer your questions,

and connect with you. So grab your

pass, use the code, and I'll see you there. Welcome back everybody to misquoting Jesus, where today

we are talking about Bart's newest book, Love Thy Stranger, How the Teachings of Jesus

transformed the Moral Conscience of the West. We've also got our bonus segment, listeners questions

at the end, where I ask Bart if souls were admitted into heaven before Jesus' crucifixion.

Bart, before all of that, how are you doing?

Well, I'm doing great. I'm looking forward to that Q&A.

It's going to be fun. Yeah, okay. I'll give the definitive answer.

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