It's well-known Christian tradition that the apostles Peter and Paul were both executed as a result of their Christian faith.

But what does history have to say about those legends?

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about the texts behind the tradition and what we know about the execution of early Christian leaders.

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 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.

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