What Really Happened on Christmas? - Bart Ehrman
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Published 2023-12-24
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- VIDEO NOTES
In this Christmas special of Within Reason, New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman explores the history and narrative of Jesus' birthday, and demonstrates where the accounts seem to contradict.
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- TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Happy Holidays
1:36 Is Christmas Pagan?
5:42: Are the birth narratives history?
10:12 Does Christmas fulfil prophecy?
24:19 Do the Gospels contradict?
40:22 Do contradictions disprove the historicity of the Gospels?
44:18 An obvious Bible contradiction
47:57 Should Bible contradictions be a problem for Christians?
51:16 Was Joseph the biological father of Jesus?
1:01:17 Outro
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All Comments (21)
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Love how Dr.Ehrman explains biblical narratives and theology so we can understand. Alex is a great student eager to understand and asks great questions. Enjoyed this conversation. Always something to learn.
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I really like the passive approach to the conversation. No hatred involved, just discussing discrepancies. Makes it a lot easier to listen too when both parties seem actually involved and don’t have an agenda other than education.
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Hope to see Bart Ehrman again, he's a great guest. Merry Christmas everyone + Happy New Year
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The problem with inerrancy is not so much the inability to concede that this or that small detail is wrong, but more the implication of ' if that's wrong....then what else might be wrong ?'
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I love it when you guys connect for a conversation, its always a good one. A great host and a great guest.
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As someone who had to learn English as a second language, I immediately made the connection between holiday and holy day once I learned the word 'holy'. But I guess this was easier for me to spot because I kinda have to have higher awareness of the language because it wasn't my first language. Conversely, it's harder for me to notice this kind of thing in my native language because I never really have to think about it.
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I’ve never seen anyone play devil’s advocate in pursuit of absolute objectivity quite like Alex. Absolutely masterful! And of course, Bart Ehrman is always excellent. Great combination!
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Thanks guys for keeping me company this Christmas Eve!
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The internet and longform podcasts are gradually changing how we as a modern civilization learn and study. This example of a professor and a student doing an excersice in front of a silent aduience of tausends, someday hundreds of thousands listeners is en example of supporting this. Thanks to both of you for this lecture.
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Alex honestly and indifferently seeks the truth. No dogmatic apologetics, no starting with his conclusion and working backwards, no confirming his biases with guests that agree with him. Legend 🎄
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Fascinating, thanks Bart! Love your enthusiasm for the material and I always learn new stuff
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1:26 I know Alex was low-key joking but the fact that literally happened to me and I stuck my headphones on and decided to listen to this is scarily funny 😂 amazing conversation guys really loved it. Keep up the great work
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I love Bart! His enthusiasm for learning is catching
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I laughed out loud when you talked about Luke and going to Egypt, India and the Americaa. Best laugh I've had in awhile.
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As a Christian, I really like Alex and the way he conducts interviews. Such a calm and unbiased nature to him.
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Wow you guys delved deep in this one, very enjoyable!
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Great Christmas episode, thank you for this!
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This is my Nerdy Christmas Dream right now: Listening to a podcast about the historical and theological backgroubd of Christmas while building my Warhammer Figures xD Merry Christmas Happy Holidays and Happy cold, End of the Year, hopefully snowy Season
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Absolutely loving the production quality with various animations and superb video/audio! Keep it up and happy end of the season 😂
