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Peter and Paul are two of Christianity's most famous martyrs, but the stories of their deaths disagree on almost every major detail: Why did they die? Where did they die? When did they die? Did they die together or separate? And what happened to their bodies? This lecture will explore some of these questions and show that the authors of these various stories wrote address questions and issues in their own time, not to provide a straightforward account of what happened in the first century.
Join David Eastman for his talk "Bones of Contention: The Contested Deaths of Peter and Paul" at the New Insights into the New Testament conference from Sept. 26-27. Early bird pricing is available through Aug. 22.
Learn more or register at: bartehrman.com/gonint26
Peter and Paul are two of Christianity's most famous martyrs, but the stories of their deaths disagree on almost every major detail: Why did they die? Where did they die? When did they die? Did they die together or separate? And what happened to their bodies? This lecture will explore some of these questions and show that the authors of these various stories wrote address questions and issues in their own time, not to provide a straightforward account of what happened in the first century.
Join David Eastman for his talk "Bones of Contention: The Contested Deaths of Peter and Paul" at the New Insights into the New Testament conference from Sept. 26-27. Early bird pricing is available through Aug. 22.
Learn more or register at: bartehrman.com/gonint26
