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Bart D. Ehrman

1955 - Today

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Bart Denton Ehrman (born October 5, 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He has also authored six New York Times bestsellers. He is the James A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bart D. Ehrman has received more than 1,550,158 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bart D. Ehrman is the 5,185th most popular writer (down from 5,043rd in 2019), the 7,447th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,581st in 2019) and the 582nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 46.94

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

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  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The New Testament
Introductions, Bible, Early Christian literature
1996
Misquoting Jesus
History, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand — — and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes. In this compelling and fascinating book, Ehrman shows where and why changes were made in our earliest surviving manuscripts, explaining for the first time how the many variations of our cherished biblical stories came to be, and why only certain versions of the stories qualify for publication in the Bibles we read today. Ehrman frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultra — conservative views of the Bible.
2005
Truth and fiction in the Da Vinci code
Christianity in literature, Christian saints in literature, Christianity and literature
2004
Lost Christianities
Heresies, Christian, Criticism, interpretation, Apocryphal books (New Testament)
2003
The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings
Bible, History and criticism, Introductions
1997
Christianity in late antiquity, 300-450 C.E.
Early Christian literature, Vroege kerk
2003

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Over the past year Bart D. Ehrman has had the most page views in the with 277,470 views, followed by Spanish (10,411), and Portuguese (10,073). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Javanese (138.93%), Simple English (90.88%), and Swedish (87.08%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bart D. Ehrman ranks 5,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Tony Duvert, Ruth Klüger, Enric Valor i Vives, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Ernie Pyle, and Grant Allen. After him are Maurice Carême, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Antti Tuuri, Gabriel Miró, Anna Haava, and Bertalan Szemere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Bart D. Ehrman ranks 326. Before him are Ali Bencheikh, John Hinckley Jr., Aires Ali, Kane Hodder, Richard Hilton, and Anne Lacaton. After him are Norbert Eder, Víctor Pecci, Larisa Dolina, Warren Jeffs, Susi Sánchez, and Sahiba Gafarova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bart D. Ehrman ranks 7,447 out of 20,380. Before him are Israel Putnam (1718), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), Bruce Kirby (1925), John Ostrom (1928), Marshmello (1992), and Robert Harron (1893). After him are Lawrence Summers (1954), Richard Armitage (1945), John Marin (1870), Leona Woods (1919), Wayne Newton (1942), and Nancy Wilson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bart D. Ehrman ranks 582. Before him are Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Louella Parsons (1881), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Eve Ensler (1953), Richard Powers (1957), and Ernie Pyle (1900). After him are Philip Agee (1935), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Lester del Rey (1915), Louis L'Amour (1908), Theodora Kroeber (1897), and William F. Buckley Jr. (1925).

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