With more than thirty years of study and twenty-five previous books, Ehrman has brought his work into sharp focus in this enlightening and serious work of scholarship.Įhrman’s study spans the first 450 years of the Christian Era ( CE ), beginning with the reign of Caesar Augustus (29 BC to 14 CE ) and ending in 422 CE when Augustine wrote The City of God. In addition to his academic expertise, his writing style and ability to cogently explain even the most arcane point make his scholarship easily accessible to the general public. Few writers in the religious field have the combination of skills Ehrman demonstrates: he is a Biblical scholar (Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) with a long and celebrated list of well-researched and thoughtful essays and books about religion. Ehrman attempts to answer the crucial question of how Christianity succeeded when other comparably small religious sects lost traction or disappeared completely.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |