In this episode Bart discusses what we can know about early Christian martyrdom - what sources of information we have and whether they are reliable, issues never even broached by the apologists who raise the issue in the first place. The Washington Post says Misquoting Jesus casts doubt on any number of New Testament episodes that most Christians take as, well gospel. In this episode we consider this claim by examining its unquestioned assumption: is it actually *true* that the apostles were all martyred for their faith? How do we know? How *could* we know? In fact, what do we know about martyrdom within Christianity at all in the first two centuries? How often did it occur? And were Christians martyred for saying that Jesus was raised from the dead? Therefore the disciples really were witnesses to the resurrection. Someone may die for the truth, but who would die for a lie? And ALL of them? That seems completely implausible. 'Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman,' is a new podcast featuring Dr. One of the claims consistently made by Christian apologists is that the apostles who declared that they themselves had seen Jesus after he had been raised from the dead MUST have been telling the truth - since they all died for their belief.
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