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Ehrman’s career began with a strong religious foundation. He attended the Moody Bible Institute and graduated from Wheaton College before earning his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He studied under the legendary textual critic Bruce Metzger , becoming an expert in the Greek manuscript tradition.

: Explores the historical development of concepts regarding the afterlife. Bart D. Ehrman

: Ehrman argues that the New Testament was significantly altered by centuries of copying by hand, leading to thousands of variations across surviving manuscripts. Ehrman’s career began with a strong religious foundation

: Highlights the historical contradictions found within the New Testament. from Princeton Theological Seminary

: He asserts that Jesus was an apocalyptic prophet who existed historically but did not consider himself divine.

While initially an evangelical Christian, his intense study of the Bible's "contradictions and textual problems" led him to question biblical inerrancy. He eventually moved through agnosticism to atheism , citing the problem of human suffering as a primary factor in his loss of faith. Key Scholarly Themes

: Explains how scribal errors and intentional changes shaped the Bible we have today.