Long time audience members of misquoting Jesus will know that one of the first questions I often ask

Bart when we talk about an ancient text is, when was it written. Knowing when something was written

helps to better understand answers to other questions like why was it written and how it relates

to other texts from that time. Unfortunately, ancient authors rarely wrote the date at the top of the page

when they started writing, which makes working out when something was written a bit of a challenging

process. Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman is going to guide us through how biblical scholars tackle this

challenging process and look at why it is that the Gospel of Mark is understood as

the first gospel.

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.

Hello everyone. Welcome to misquoting Jesus.

Today we're going to be discussing why the Gospel of Mark is understood by biblical scholars to be the first gospel. We also have listeners questions and we're going to be talking about the social side of the biblical studies academy. More on that later. Before that, but we want to talk about the blog that you run. We mention it periodically,

but it's a new year, it's a great time to be really kind of reminding people that this exists.

So what is the blog and why should people be interested?

Yeah, well, you know, some people may not know it exists, which is why I thought might be a good idea to say something about it,

because if you, you know, if they're enjoying what you and I are doing, which is why I thought might be a good idea to say something about it, because if

you, you know, if they're enjoying what you and I are doing, this is the kind of thing I do

on my blog all the time. I started the blog over 13 years ago, almost 14 years ago now.

I post five times a week between 1,400 and 1,400 words on everything having to do with Jesus, the New Testament,

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