# Did Christians Invent Jesus' Teachings?

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Podcast: [Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/misquoting-jesus-with-bart-ehrman-5766307)
Published: 2026-03-24T06:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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