About Bart Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has been teaching for over 15 years. He completed his undergraduate work at Wheaton College and received his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Prior to taking his position at UNC, Professor Ehrman taught at Rutgers University.

Professor Ehrman has authored or edited 19 books, including The New York Times Best-seller, Misquoting Jesus. He has published dozens of book reviews and scholarly articles for academic journals and served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature, Southeast Region; book review editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature; and editor of the Scholar’s Press Monograph Series The New Testament in the Greek Fathers.

Professor Ehrman has received several teaching awards, including the Students’ Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Ruth and Philip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, and the Bowman and Gordon Gray Award for Excellence in Teaching.

He has appeared on A&E, the History Channel, CNN, and he has taped several highly popular lecture series on early Christianity and the history of the Bible for The Teaching Company.