NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR:  Misquoting Jesus, God’s Problem, and Jesus, Interrupted were NYT bestsellers.

MEDIA STAR: Ehrman is among the most sought-after religion experts in the world. He has been featured in Time, profiled in the Washington Post, and has appeared on NBC Dateline, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, History Channel, and top NPR shows.

E-BOOK ONLY: Releasing a must-read from a top house author in the e-book format exclusively makes this book’s mode of publication alone a noteworthy story.

DARING TOPIC: This is the question readers have been wanting Ehrman to answer for years. It is a question that follows naturally from his bestselling books, and any of his hundreds of thousands of readers will want to hear what he has to say.
 

For years Bart Ehrman has been routinely bombarded with one question: Did Jesus exist? As a leading Bible expert, fans and critics alike have sent letters, emails, posted blogs, and questioned Ehrman during interviews wanting his opinion about this nagging question that has become a conspiracy theorist cottage industry the world over. The idea that the character of Jesus was an invention of the early church -- and later a tool of control employed by the Roman Catholic Church -- is a widely held belief and Ehrman has decided it’s time to put the issue to rest. Yes, the historical Jesus of Nazareth did exist.

Known as a master explainer with deep knowledge of the field, Ehrman methodically demolishes both the scholarly and popular arguments against the existence of Jesus. Marshalling evidence from within the Bible and the wider historical record of the ancient world, Ehrman tackles the key issues that surround the popular mythologies associated with Jesus and the early Christian movement.

Those committed to the “non-existence” theory will need to read this formidable scholar’s counter argument while the more traditionally minded will enthusiastically support Ehrman’s definitive answer to the question. Perfect for the vigorous online debating community, this eBook original will be a must read for anyone interested in Jesus, the Bible, and the birth of Christianity.