Mary is known in the canonical Gospels as the Virgin Mother of Jesus, but what else did early Christian writings say about her?

Dr Bart Ehrman joins me today to talk about the proto-gospel of James and what it says about the mother of Jesus.

Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.

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the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity.

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