--- title: Bart D. Ehrman | TIME description: Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the just published Heaven and Hell. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. canonical: https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bart D. Ehrman ## Bart D. Ehrman Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the just published [_Heaven and Hell_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781501136733). He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ## Bart D. Ehrman *  May 8, 2020 ### [What Jesus Really Said About Heaven and Hell](https://time.com/5822598/jesus-really-said-heaven-hell/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/","name":"Bart D. Ehrman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/"},"name":"Bart D. Ehrman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the just published Heaven and Hell. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","url":"https://time.com/author/bart-d-ehrman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```