Mormons Meet Bible Scholar - Bart Ehrman | Ep. 2120
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 141 minutes
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Summary
Today, we are very excited to have back on the podcast Bible scholar and best selling author, Bart Ehrman! Bart has very recently retired as a professor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he is here with us today to “meet the Mormons” and answer questions on the Old Testament, New Testament, and even offers his professional opinions on Book of Mormon History. Bart and the panel will also discuss his brand new book, Love Thy Stranger, and some of his other works that we believe our audience would love.
We are truly privileged to have Bart with us today to share his thoughts on the history of Jesus and the Bible, and hope you find this conversation as engaging as we did.
You can pre-order Love They Stranger here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast. I'm your host, John DeLinn. It's February 26th, 2026, and we have back on Mormon stories. One of the coolest guests we've ever had on Mormon stories. Today, we have back on Mormon stories, the Dr. Bart Ehrman, professor of, I don't know, the Bible. |
| 0:22.8 | And Bart has a brand new book that's coming out in March called Love Thy Stranger, |
| 0:29.6 | How the Teachings of Jesus, Transform the Moral Conscience of the West. |
| 0:35.8 | And you can get this book on Amazon. You can pre-order it. |
| 0:39.3 | We're going to be talking about this book possibly throughout, but definitely at the end. |
| 0:44.4 | For those who don't know, I wanted to reintroduce Bart to our audience because we did |
| 0:49.3 | interview Bart several years ago on Mormon Stories podcast. But Bart Ehrman is a distinguished professor of religious studies, or we can say was, or |
| 0:59.8 | probably still is, a distinguished professor of religious studies at the University of |
| 1:04.2 | North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| 1:06.2 | I say was because he, I think December 31st, 2025 was his last day. We can have him talk about that. |
| 1:13.7 | Bart Ehrman is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including misquoting Jesus, |
| 1:20.1 | how Jesus became God, and the triumph of Christianity. His books have been translated into 27 |
| 1:26.4 | languages with more than 2 million copies sold. |
| 1:32.0 | Bart Ehrman, congratulations on your retirement from UNC Chapel Hill. |
| 1:37.6 | Welcome back to Mormon Stories. |
| 1:39.1 | And you also have a YouTube channel on a podcast. |
| 1:41.2 | Is that right? |
| 1:42.1 | Yeah, I do. |
| 1:42.8 | It's named after that book, misquoting Jesus. |
| 1:45.6 | And so it's a weekly podcast and plus other things on my YouTube channel. Yep, yep. So, right, |
| 1:51.8 | can't compete with Mormon stories, but you know, we do our best. |
| 1:54.8 | I think, I think you're doing just fine. In fact, you're doing so well that I thought the |
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