The writer of Luke's Gospel drew heavily on the Gospel of Mark, but was very careful to remove any idea of atonement,

the concept that Jesus died in the place of others.

Today, Dr Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss why he did that and what purpose he thought Jesus' death served instead.

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.

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 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

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