Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene, Bart D. Ehrman
Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene, Bart D. Ehrman
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Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene
The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend

Author: Bart D. Ehrman

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/01/2006

Synopsis

Bart Ehrman, author of the bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene.

What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What legends have sprung up about them in the centuries after their deaths? Was Paul bow-legged and bald? Was Peter crucified upside down? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? In this lively work, Ehrman separates fact from fiction, presenting complicated historical issues in a clear and informative way and relating vivid anecdotes culled from the traditions of these three followers. He notes, for instance, that historians are able to say with virtual certainty that Mary, the follower of Jesus, was from the fishing village of Magdala on the shore of the Sea of Galilee; but there is no evidence to suggest that she was a prostitute, and little reason to think that she was married to Jesus.

Vibrantly written and leavened with many colorful stories, Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene will appeal to anyone curious about the early Christian church and the lives of these important figures.

About Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is the author of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and God's Problem. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a leading authority on the Bible and the life of Jesus. He has been featured in Time and has appeared on Dateline NBC, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, the History Channel, major NPR shows, and other top media outlets. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kolumbina on June 09, 2016

What a good book. In my view an excellent explanation of Bible and Christianity. I loved it. It makes sense and a lot of information and interpretations by B. D. Ehrman made my understanding of Christianity and history behind Christianity more clear. Perhaps there are quite a few repetitions through......more

Goodreads review by Cathryn on March 24, 2022

I admit it! I bought this book for the very clever title, which made me smile. I read it for the content, which was a fascinating juxtaposition of the lives—what we know from historical sources, as well as the legends and tales passed down through the centuries—of these three important followers of......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 07, 2010

Can Bart Ehrman even write a bad book? No. No, he can't. This book, like every other of his that I have read, is so beautifully precise in its scope, so judiciously edited and authoritatively sourced, that I was sorry to come to the end of it. Ehrman's prose is carefully chosen to convey exactly wha......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 27, 2021

Some interesting ideas, but it makes some leaps in logic and relies on some faulty assumptions.......more

Goodreads review by Karen Floyd on December 10, 2017

What do we really know about Jesus' most famous followers, Peter, Paul and Mary Magadalene? Not much, it turns out. Most of what we think we know about them is folklore that accumulated after their deaths. We can't even trust what we read in our Bibles because of the many errors accruing from the or......more

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