Students taking a college-level Bible course for the first time often find it surprising that we don't know who wrote most of the books of the New Testament.

These differences offer clues into the perspectives of the authors, and the eras in which they wrote their respective Gospels, according to Ehrman. In the book of John, Jesus talks about himself and proclaims who he is, saying 'I am the bread of life.' Whereas in Mark, Jesus teaches principally about the coming kingdom and hardly ever mentions himself directly. To illustrate the differences between the Gospels, Ehrman offers opposing depictions of Jesus talking about himself. to interpret his Gospel in light of what some other author said. 'When Matthew was writing, he didn't intend for somebody. But later, as a student at Princeton Theological Seminary, Ehrman started reading the Bible with a more historical approach and analyzing contradictions in the Gospels.Įhrman, the author of Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them), tells Terry Gross that he discourages readers from 'smash the four Gospels into one big Gospel and think that get the true understanding.' Originally an evangelical Christian, Ehrman believed that the Bible was the inerrant word of God. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them)īible scholar Bart Ehrman began his studies at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

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