Did you know that the Christmas story everyone knows with the shepherds and the wise men

is actually an amalgamation of the accounts found in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew?

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman answers my questions about the inconsistencies in these two narratives

and whether they can be reconciled.

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.

Hello again. Before we get started, I wanted to make sure you knew about the specials we're running

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Welcome back everybody to misquoting Jesus, where today we are talking about

the Christmas story, whether it was a myth, and exactly why Luke and Matthew have such

differing accounts. We also have listeners questions at the end, where I will be asking Bart

whether the Last Supper was an historical event, so make sure you stick around for that.

Bart, before all of those things, how are you doing?

I'm doing well.

As we record this here, I have finished teaching.

I had my last classes yesterday at UNC,

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