Welcome everyone to a very special episode of misquoting Jesus, our 100th episode. In keeping with our centessimal celebration, yes, I absolutely had to look that word up. We're going to be exploring the word of Christianity 100 years after Jesus' death. Was Christianity still a small persecuted offshoot of apocalyptic Judaism, or had it spread far and wide? Was it

still an apocalyptic religion at all? And what theological disagreements had occurred in this

time frame? I have the questions, and Bart, as always, has the answers.

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. Today we're taking a look at the state of Christianity. I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin. Today we're taking a look at the

state of Christianity 100 years after the death of Jesus and asking the key questions for any

historical discussion. What do we know and how do we know it? We're going to get into how

Christianity looked 100 years after Jesus' death, especially when compared

to the small grouping of apocalyptic radicals that he had led.

Before we get into all of that, Bart, how are you doing today?

Yeah, I'm doing well, thanks.

Just got back from a cruise with a group of people who were interested in the kinds of things we

do on the podcast and on my blog, and cruise to Western Europe. Man, was that good? Yeah, so I really like these kinds of things we do on the podcast and on my blog and cruise to Western Europe. Man, was that good?

Yeah, so I really like these kinds of cruises because I spend, you know, I spend 10 days with

these people, you know, 20, 25 people and we just talk and I give lectures and we have common

cause and we see amazing things. How was your time on Sky? It was lovely. It was really lovely. It was

traditional Scottish weather, so some brilliant sunshine and a lot of rain. But that actually

suits me quite well. I miss, this is very odd. I miss cold, rainy days. We don't get a lot of

them here in Maryland. So that was food for the soul, really. And I got to see my parents and all of my

siblings and all of my nephews and nieces,

who are numerous and small and hilarious.

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