If I said that Jesus and the Gospels provide us with guidance for how we should be living our lives,

I would probably get pretty emphatic agreement from any Christian within hearing distance.

People of non-Christian faith traditions, or those with no religious belief at all, might have a somewhat different response.

Today, with the help of my guest, Dr. Amy Jill Levine, we'll be exploring how non-Christians

can actually find value in the Gospels.

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. Dr. Levine, thank you so much for joining us here on misquoting Jesus.

It's lovely to have you. I'm delighted to be with

you. And those who have been with us for a while will probably be familiar with you. You've done

several events with Bart in the past, but maybe for those who are new listeners, I've just got a little

bit of an introduction. So Dr. Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor

of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace.

She is also University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Worthen Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt.

Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the

Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. In addition to receiving three audiences

with Pope Francis, in spring 2019, she was the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome's

Pontifical Biblical Institute. She's given close to 1,000 lectures on the Bible, Christian,

Jewish relations, and religion,

gender, and sexuality across the globe.

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