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Did Christians Invent Jesus' Teachings?

Podcast: Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Published: Mar 24, 2026
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Summary

We've been talking a lot about the revolutionary message of altruism in Jesus' teachings recently - but how do we know what the historical Jesus actually taught? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss exactly how scholars reconstruct his message.