Bart D. Ehrman is a New Testament Scholar and an expert on Early Christianity. He received his Ph.D & M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary where he studied under Bruce Metzger. He currently serves as the chairperson of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ehrman has a strong background in Evangelical Christianity, having attending both Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College (B.A., 1978). He was the President of the Southeast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, and worked closely as an editor on a number of the Society's publications. Currently, he co-edits the series New Testament Tools and Studies.

Ehrman has two children, a daughter, Kelly, and a son, Derek. He is currently married to Sarah Beckwith (Ph.D., King's College London) Marcello Lotti Professor of English at Duke University.

Much of his writing has concentrated on various aspects of Walter Bauer's thesis that Christianity was always diversified or at odds with itself. Ehrman is often considered a pioneer in connecting the History of the

Ehrman's scholarly output is extensive. He has authored or contributed to nineteen books.

Selected bibliography

• The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture : The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament ISBN 0195080785 (1993)
• The New Testament : A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings ISBN 0195084810 (1996)
• Jesus : Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium ISBN 0195124731 (1999)
• The Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew ISBN 0195141830 (2003)
• Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code : A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine ISBN 0195181409 (2004)
• The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, And Restoration ISBN 0195166671 (2005, with Bruce Metzger)

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