Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bart Ehrman is a New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity.

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0:00 The Dark Side of Christmas
3:02 Are the Birth Narratives Attempts at History?
6:53 When Were The Birth Narratives Written?
15:09 Why Does Herod Slaughter the Innocents?
21:11 Why Are There Made Up Stories in the Narratives?
25:07 Were the Birth Narratives Later Additions to the Gospels?
33:50 Was Mary’s Pregnancy Consensual?
41:48 Translating Mary’s “Slavery”
45:34 The Suffering of Mary and Joseph
50:23 Why Don’t Mark or John Have Birth Narratives?
54:32 Does Jesus’ Divinity Evolve Throughout the Gospels?
57:55 Did Jesus Have Brothers?

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