Start talking about the Gospels, and most people will have a rough idea of what you're talking about, a narrative account of Jesus' life.

Today, however, we throw all of that familiarity out of the window and talk about one of the most non-gospal Gospels I've ever read.

Dr. Bart Ehrman is with me to discuss the enigmatic Gospel of Thomas.

Stay tuned to find out more about this fascinating Gnostic text.

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.

Bart, hello, how are you doing today? Yes, I'm doing well. We're Christmasing in England this year, staying through, yes. You wouldn't be jealous of the weather, I don't think.

No, maybe not. Maybe not. No, it's great. So we're here through New Year's. It's great to be in London, seeing Sarah's family and hanging out. And though you're English, you're obviously not in London for the holiday.

I'm not. No, I'm home in Maryland, surrounded by many children who are just very excited about

everything. They're very excited or fighting. So it's a bit of a toss-up as to what each day will

bring. But generally speaking, I think they're having a good time. They tend to be two sides

of a coin during holidays, in my experience.

Yes, very much.

Not a lot of calm, either terrible excitement or people going at each other.

I've been doing a lot of, like, let's go and play outside stuff, because then if there is altercations, they can separate and retreat to separate corners of the garden, which is

a good thing, I think. And now, today we're going

to be talking about the very enigmatic gospel of Thomas. We'll get into that in a minute.

I also want to let everyone know we have some news coming up on some really great events that

will be happening in the Biblical Studies Academy community, as well as some student testimonials, because we've

talked an awful lot about the BSA and how wonderful it is and why you should consider joining

it, but we've got some student testimonials for you to hear so you can decide if it's something

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