Oxford University Press: Bart D. Ehrman

The best-selling author of:

Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene:
The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend

“Studies the many stories of the lives of the first-century 'Peter, Paul and Mary,' arguing that inclusion of some accounts in the canon should not elevate these texts above the others, some of which were accepted early on by the church but later excluded from the canon. As with his other works, Ehrman presents his case clearly and succinctly." – Publisher’s Weekly

Also Available:

Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code:
A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine

[Read Bart's list of the Top Ten Facts The Da Vinci Code Gets WRONG]

Lost Christianities:
The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths
We Never Knew

An eye-opening account of politics, power,
and the clash of ideas among early Christians.

Lost Scriptures:
Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament

An anthology of suppressed and 'heretical' writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts that have been for the most part lost or neglected for almost two millennia.