A Special Invitation for Religious Studies Undergraduates, from Dr. Rebecca Denova:
Thursday, March 29th, at 4 pm in Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Bart Ehrman (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Misquoting Jesus: Scribes Who Altered Scripture"
On Thursday, March 29, the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program at Pitt is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published extensively in the fields of the New Testament and Early Christianity, including a college-level textbook on the New Testament, two anthologies of early Christian writings (which I use in my “Varieties of Early Christianity” class), and a Greek-English Edition of the Apostolic Fathers for the Loeb Classical Library. His most recent books are Truth and Fiction in the DaVinci Code (2004), Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the New Testament and Why (2005), and Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend (2006). Dr. Ehrman is also a frequent guest on “The History Channel.” His talk on Thursday will be at 4:00 in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.
Friday, March 30, at noon, place TBA
Dr. Ehrman has agreed to stay over and have a “chat” with invited students on Friday, March 30 at noon. You may recall all the fuss that was made over last year’s “discovery” of “The Lost Gospel of Judas.” Dr. Ehrman is also an expert on this gospel, as well as other “Gnostic” gospels, and will discuss the importance and implications of this document for us.
If you would like to attend this very special occasion, please let me know by no later than 12:00 on next Wednesday, February 14—I need to know the exact number so that we can begin to find a room that will be adequate. Email me at rid4@pitt.edu.
Dr. Denova
