Episode · Interesting Times · 2026-04-02
Ross Douthat & Bart Ehrman: books mentioned on Interesting Times
Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? A Debate with Bart Ehrman | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Even if you don’t believe he walked on water, the teachings of Jesus still have a certain power. My guest this week, the New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, calls himself a “Christian atheist.
Ross Douthat discussed They Flew by Carlos M. N. Eire and Can We Trust the Gospels? by Peter J. Williams.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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They Flew
Discussed“Also plenty of secondary miracles, healings and so on. Where does that fit into the reasons for historical skepticism? ... to take a different example, the Yale historian Carlos Eire wrote a book recently called "They Flew" It’s a book about accounts of levitating Saints in the 16th and 17th century.”
Where to get it
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Can We Trust the Gospels?
Discussed“One of the people you’ve debated in your many debates is a scholar and writer named Peter Williams, who wrote a book called, "Can We Trust the Gospels?"”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Love Thy Stranger
“But I want to start with your latest book, which focuses on Jesus as a moral revolutionary, I guess you would say — someone who kind of helped bring a new mode of ethics into the world, and the title is "Love Thy Stranger: How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West."”
Plugged Jesus, Interrupted
“I’ve written kind of a long book on this. Jesus interrupted is his book where I deal with a lot of these.”