The Resurrection in its Cultural Context [feat. Dr. Bart Ehrman]

[ReligionForBreakfast]

Register for the debate here: bartehrman.com/easterdebate

[HistoricWrath]

I’m a Civil War historian, consider myself nominally Christian leaning towards agnostic, but I find this channel absolutely fascinating. Religion For Breakfast is one of my favorite channels. I would be interested to see a video on the role Christianity and Religion played in the American Civil War. Of course, the war occurred shortly after or arguably during the Second Great Awakening and the soldiers were almost universally Christian. Would love to hear religious scholars take on that topic!

[algepaca]

Feels good to have some fresh religious studies content after working on my archaeology paper for nine hours today. 😌

[Dr_Armstrong]

Andrew, it's amazing how you've built this channel up and how important it is to so many people. This is a great use of your PhD. It's great that you're able to connect so many people to scholars like Bart Ehrman, who also cares about public scholarship. Great interview.

[mockturtlesuppe]

I know Dr. Ehrman does _a lot_ of interviews and speaking engagements when he has something coming up to promote, but I hope RFB continues to be high up on the list of platforms he engages with. Andrew (I should say Dr. Henry) is uniquely qualified to interview Ehrman in a way that covers the subject on a meaningful level, while still being accessible and reaching a relatively wide audience.

[samuelfraley]

Man I was just hurtin for a new RFB video AND I’ve been on a Bart Ehrman kick too! Looks like other people feel the same haha. Perfect to listen to while I workout.

[pnwmeditations]

Yes! Two of my favorite religion scholars in one place.

[dianadeejarvis]

Regarding similar figures/stories in the literature, I once worked with a Jewish lady who said that one of the reasons Jews didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah was that there were other miracle workers in their history. Jesus wasn't seen as more special or unique than the others.

[Lost-In-Blank]

Bart Ehrman and Elaine Pagels were the two people who got me interested in all this, decades ago, with their first major selling books. What 30 years ago??? I follow it as a hobby, but I've bought and read a dozen books in total by one or the other over the decades. It is amazing how dull topics like religious history and textural analysis can become fascinating when properly presented!

[johnburke]

I want to thank you for bringing my attention to the discipline (is that the right term) of Methodological Agnosticism. I both like it and love how you explained it. Even as a super devout Catholic, I think being able to remove my biases and commitments helps me to really dig into interesting facets and movements in ancient peoples more. To have it so succinctly phrased is wonderful. Best of luck on your path to 1M viewers!

[stephanieee.m.p]

I am a philosophy, ethics and Christian studies student - starting college to study philosophy and theology in the next coming months so this was really enlightening to watch!

[langreeves]

The original ending of mark was perfect
During the book of mark frequently Jesus would tell somebody don't tell anybody about the miracle I just did
And the person would go tell people about the miracle anyway
And then at the end of the book Jesus tells the women go tell everybody
And they're scared and they don't tell anybody
We the reader are left with this information about the resurrected Jesus and it's up to us to go tell everybody that we've read the story and Jesus has been resurrected
I heard a theologian point that out and it's fascinating to me that I've never heard any other theologian point that out
The abrupt ending was on purpose it served a purpose

[jfmusicbox]

He wrote my textbook my Origins of the New Testament class is using. Really great read.

[j.sethfrazer]

The kind of eschatology of the resurrection which St. Paul has in 1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians is considerably different than the personal eschatology of the intermediate state in 2 Corinthians and Philippians.

One thing a lot of Christians either do not understand or refuse to accept is how Paul’s views of the afterlife considerably developed through the course of his ministry to near the end of his life. The Apostle has a very basic, second temple Jewish view of an “age to come” (עוֹלָם הַבָּא) in 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 and 1 Cor. 15, in contrast with 2 Cor. 5:6-10 and Phil. 1:21-6 and 3:17-21 which is more Platonic in its understanding of the soul and where it goes following bodily death. No real contradiction, per se. These passages simply talk about two different aspects relating to the Christian Parousia.

[kariannecrysler]

What Dr Ehrman said about 1st Corinthians chapter 3 is exactly how I understood it when I was 6, and I have to say my Baptist Sunday school teacher’s tried very hard to convince me I was wrong. It never took. Do not know why, but my innermost voice told me they had misunderstood something. I always figured they would get it some day.😊

[tawan]

I'm going to watch this after work. Please more collabs with Dr. Ehrman

[lashamartashvili]

Methodological atheism is a great scientific concept and you are good at methodologically adhering to it. Equally so is the "let's talk religion" for that matter. Love your channels.

[Msmargret]

Thanks for this one. I'm really glad you keep the discussion open with questions that rotate the focus to include so much understanding. Good work. Good service. Good on ya.

[Galif]

Thanks for that one! I saw a couple Dr. Ehrman's lectons before and I like his style

[pfarrerjin]

What fantastic news! With my Christian friends, I instantly shared this video and Ehrman's website.