Hello everybody and welcome back to misquoting Jesus. This week we are talking about the Apostle Paul,

a central figure in early Christianity, and someone who features strongly in the New Testament,

both because he wrote a good part of it, but also as a character in the acts of the apostles.

The question at hand today is whether the Paul of Acts is the same man as the Paul of Epistles.

Does the right of acts change Paul's character, teachings and events he experienced, and why?

Stay tuned for that and so much more.

Welcome to Miss Quoting 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. But good morning. How are you doing today?

Yeah, doing well. I'm keeping up with my New Year's resolution of staying busy without being

overwhelmed. It's a tricky balance. It is. It is. I feel like I tread the tight rope of overwhelm and just busy enough and usually fall off into the overwhelmed side of life.

Yeah.

But that's me.

Well, you know, I hear you. Yeah.

We're talking about Paul today. As I said in my introduction, why do you think it's important to talk about the different natures of Paul that are depicted

in Acts and then through the epistles?

Well, you know, it kind of depends what matters to people.

To people who are interested in either the Bible or early Christianity, it turns out to be

a fairly crucial question because, as you were saying, I mean, Paul is extremely important.

For Christianity, I mean, how is extremely important. For Christianity,

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