What did it mean to be a good person in the ancient world? And what did ancient cultures say about how we should treat one another?

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss Jesus' teachings, the cultural norms of the time, and how early Christians changed his message.

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.

Before we jump into today's episode, a quick announcement. The past three years, we've held a live

virtual conference called New Insights into the New Testament every September, where we've

averaged over 2,000 attendees each year.

Due to the success of N-I-N-T, I'm excited to announce a brand-new addition to our conference lineup,

where you can learn the newest research and insights about the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians

usually refer to as the Old Testament. It's called New Insights into the Hebrew Bible,

or NIHB, or Nib, if you're but. This inaugural event happening live March 20th to 22nd is focused

on the book of Genesis and features presentations from 10 world-class Hebrew Bible scholars,

like John Collins, Joel Baden, and keynote speaker Dan

McClellan. All registrants will also get an exclusive Genesis primer from Bart, a short pre-conference

setup that walks through the key scholarly questions around Genesis, so everyone comes in oriented

and ready. I'm excited to say that I'll be giving a presentation as well. So if you want to

learn how my expertise as an Assyriologist applies to Genesis, you'll have to visit the event

page to see what my talk is about. Early bird pricing is available until February 28th. You can learn

more or register at barturman.com forward slash hb conference and be sure to use the code mj

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