Jesus' Resurrection - Bart Ehrman vs Mike Licona

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On Saturday 16th April 2011 - 02:30 am, Bart D. Ehrman and Mike R. Licona join as guests with moderator Justin Brierley on radio show "Unbelievable," a weekly program aired on UK Premier Christian Radio from the London studio. The debates intentional theme was "Is There Biblical Evidence for the Resurrection?" mounted on Bart Ehrman's book "Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are." Ehrman book reveals which texts were forged in the name of Jesus's disciples and considers how the deceptions of an unnamed few have prevailed for centuries. Mike Licona new book at that time of the debate was "The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach", where Licona carefully applies his principles and methods to the question of Jesus' resurrection. The debate careens among different topics as the conversation escalates into scholarly challenges.

Program discussed on Bart Ehrman's Foundation Blog: http://ehrmanblog.org/?p=13332

Christian radio show "Unbelievable" hosted by Justin Brierley: http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He came to UNC in 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. A graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois), Professor Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his 1985 doctoral dissertation was awarded magna cum laude.

Michael R. Licona (Ph.D., University of Pretoria and M.A. in Religious Studies from Liberty University) is a New Testament scholar, Christian apologist and historian. He currently officiates as an associate professor in theology at Houston Baptist University. Licona is a member of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Society of Biblical Literature.

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