Was Jesus the only Virgin Birth in Antiquity? | With Dr Bart Ehrman

Today I'm joined by Dr Bart Ehrman to discuss the prevalence of God and Human offspring stories in antiquity. Was the story of Jesus' birth inspired by earlier stories?
Bart has a one time lecture coming up on this very topic! You can get the early bird special of $9.95 through December 16th. The live recording will be on December 14th, 8-9.30pm ET, join live to take part in the Q&A :) After the 16th the price will return to $14.95, still a great deal for a fascinating lecture!
Like and subscribe if you enjoyed!

Instagram: @emmainashes
Twitter: @EmmaTheGoblin

Submit suggestions here:

PO BOX:
Emma Thorne
PO Box 78387
LONDON
E4 0HY

Huge thank you to my lovely Little Ducks, Giant Chickens and Colossal Quackers on Patreon!
Bill Garrett
Curious Quakka
Jeremy Buck
Kori Gailliot
Samandme59
Sean Hamill
Shaun Brown
supremepotato 471
A very confused looking badger
Alexander C Fairbanks
Amalgam of Neuroses
Andy is ducking around
April Washburn
Azku
Baked Bads
Bert Whitehead
Brandon
Brian B
Brian McKemey
Broos Nemanic
Chantale
Chris Davies
cmd
Connie Wright
Connla "Chicken Maximus" Lyons
Daftward
Darth_Rondoudou
Dave Kircher
denny5252
Dr. Mint
Dreffed
Dylan Sweetland
Elle
Ephemeral Entropy Buffer
FalcorTheGinger
Farron Sutton
Faye The Succubus
Flash -prez- Bluewolf
Flirty Imp
Fulcrum
GamingRidge
George Bush
GrayV
Henry Curtis
Izzy
JadedJabberwocky
James Crick
Jan Bojarp
Jason Runcie
Jim Lathrop
Jo Ro
John Fry
Justin Rogers
Kent Woodward
Kevin Levites
Kiwi Satan
Kristjan Wager
Laughing Sisyphus
Lizzy Gayle
Lulidine
Lynn Dobbs
Lynn Shackelford
Matthew Goderre
Mattus McChicken Nuggetus
Militant Agnostic
Mordlex 200
Mr Cya
Mr Smeeth
Niamh Coghlan
NINJARED
NotMyselfThisTime
Novaria Lebedev
NPC
Nullunit
ohsosmooth
Paul McGinty
Peter Kyrouac
PlatypusBear
Quique León
razbitom
Red Ochsenbein
Rosyna Keller
RPGMP3
Sarah Chavis
Sean
Siliconself
Simping on Emma Thorne
SIRIUSLY
Tank Lowe
Tax Man
The Shropshire Lad
Thomas V Lohmeier
Timbill Corder
Timothy Avery
Tracey O'Raw
Valyrie
Willow the Wendigo
Zabbott
Adam H
Andrew Donoghue
Antoinette Kimball
Appreciation
Ariane le canard
Bethany
Bill Panos
BobbyZ
Brian Breheny
Catie Liddell
Chris Hehman
Cory Sen
Daniel Kaiser
Dave Wilkinson
David Chapman
David Murray
Dennis Smith
Elflay
Elliot Bell
faazshift
Forrest A
Hans Maverick
Hellgun
Ian Smith
J
Jacob Hicks
James Dowinton
Janelle Castile
Jason Otero
Jay Petersen
Jean-François Dufresne
Jeff Brooks
Jefferson Ott
Jen Kusch
JennaSena
Jeremy Mills
Jesse Ingram
Joel Keene
Joey Beeee, fille du roy
Jonathan Adao
Joshua Schmitt
Justin Schuman
Kat Kuhl
Keith Levkoff
Keyas World
Kirk Tailor
Lisa Swanson
malix
Marsdaddy
Melanie Low
Meta Professor
Mike Yocom
OneStrapWarrior
Otter Gentleman
Patrick
PaulM
Peter Barrett
Randall Asato
Redman
ReGi0s
Rob Mann
Roi Aknin
Sean Wickman
Shig Vigintitres
Simon D.
Thomas M Gallipoli
Timmus TSET
Tom The Not Quite So Brave As Sir Lancelot
Werner Oertig

[EmmaThorneVideos]

Check out Bart's upcoming online lecture: Virgin Births in Antiquity! You can get the early bird special of $9.95 through December 16th. The live recording will be on December 14th, 8-9.30pm ET, join live to take part in the Q&A :) After the 16th the price will return to $14.95, still a great deal for a fascinating lecture!

[arjenbootsma]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the slave woman Schmi gave birth to her son Anakin Skywalker without male intervention. The Force was very strong with her.

[billy]

Love Bart Ehrman. Awesome seeing you interview him and I'm also looking forward to that lecture!

[duanewilkinson]

Any time you do a video like this Emma, it’s time to click, watch and learn!!

As a Christian myself who does question things these videos are awesome x

You and Dr Bart are Gold Emma. Keep up the excellent work 4:28

[yourstrulyjohnnydollar]

I really like when he comes on. It would be great if more scholars could get interviewed by Emma.

[alexmcgilvery]

Great interview. I remember in seminary when we were being taught that one needs to actively bring various tools of critical thinking to bear on scripture, there were always a few students who stubbornly claimed the Bible to be 'the Word of God' and therefore not subject to critical interpretation. This interview shows why that critical lens is vital. The bible was written by hundreds of people over thousands of years reflecting oral traditions from different regions. Trying to reconcile it into one 'correct' version is nonsense.
A group of scholars studied the gospels to try to determine which things in the Gospel Jesus probably actually said. There isn't much left of the Gospels by the end of it, but the saying which are left as 'probably original' are all about justice, equality and treating people fairly in this life.

[_CinnamonKitty]

I never thought I'd hear Bart Ehrman described as someone's "top lad" but I'm here for it lmao 😆

[rezkalla]

The story of Romulus and Remus always sounded similar to the story of Moses.

[lorrygoth]

My friend is a druid who lent me some books that claimed when Christianity started taking over Rome the Druids claimed to have converted because Druidry was being routed out and because they could write many became scribes and used the dressings of Christianity to write down their oral stories since it would be illegal to continue speaking them. I never looked into it any deeper but am interested to hear what people more informed than me and that single source have to say.

[indigopines]

Dr. Erhman is such a delight! I love hearing him talk, so glad you're interviewing him more!

[CraigGood]

I loved that your first question was about potential errors in translation.

[djparn]

I love your interviews with Dr. Ehrman, Emma.

[lordcanti]

New video from Emma. Time to drop everything and watch!

[truecrimelover]

i love bart ehrman back when i still believed i went to a church familiar with his work in a positive way and i learned about him there

[notabear]

it's genuinely so cute seeing a guy so so excited to talk about something he's studied so long that he stumbles all over himself with hyper giggles, you can see the gears working overtime 🥰

[vinnyganzano]

I'm always fascinated to hear more about the mythology of human religions and the alleged virgin or half divine births are some of the best.

[natashamari]

I click so fast when you have Bart on :') I completely simp for this man

[MrJedtortoise]

It's Dr Ehrman and Emma again, so I'll listen whilst waiting for my laundry to finish. Yay!

[Financiallyfreeauthor]

Woah! Impressive to see this interview! As a Hindu I sadly see people claim a lot that Krishna is an example of a virgin birth with other similarities but that is absolutely not true. Krishna’s mother was imprisoned with her husband and they had many children in captivity

[stephenlitten]

Great interview, as ever.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas