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The Triumph of Christianity
- Lu par : Professor Bart D. Ehrman
- Durée : 11 h et 20 min
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The growth of Christianity in the early centuries of the Common Era is one of the most extraordinary stories in world history. What began with a preaching day laborer and his dozen or so disciples soon grew to be the largest religion in the world, eventually taking over the entire Roman Empire. How did that happen? How was such a movement possible?
Over the years, scholars have offered a variety of theories, including:
- The nature of Christianity as both exclusive and evangelical
- The single-handed efforts of the Apostle Paul
- The appeal of the Christian message for pagan audiences
- The conversion of the Roman emperor Constantine
While all of these theories may have been involved, the rise of Christianity nonetheless feels like an impossibility. Delve into this fascinating occurrence in The Triumph of Christianity. Taught by Dr. Bart. D. Ehrman, these 24 investigative lectures trace the exponential growth of Christianity, from its origins in a Jewish outpost of the Roman Empire to its spread throughout the entire Western world.
In this extraordinary course, you will investigate the historical events that led to such an astonishing feat. With the objective eye of a historian, Bart takes you through the ancient Roman world, offering analysis on what we can know for sure and what lies in the realm of myth. While Bart is careful to delineate history from religion, he walks you through a number of theological discussions and debates around the nature of Christ, salvation, “end times”, and more.
Along the way, you will meet the historical Jesus and other figures from the beginnings of Christianity; learn about the Acts of the Apostles as they spread the message far and wide; see how the apocalyptic message of Jesus transformed into a theology of salvation; and witness the development of a unified church. From the message of Jesus of Nazareth to the beginnings of a Christian Roman Empire, The Triumph of Christianity provides new insights into one of the most compelling stories ever recorded.
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- Matthew A Parsley
- 08/01/2022
An expected historical perspective sans God
I was interested to listen to this lecture series in order to get some insights into the Roman environment during the beginning and growth of the church. While these were present in the lecture, they were few and far between the constant conjecture and supposition that apparently is the definition of the modern "historical view." It would make sense that skepticism would be required when reviewing the writings of mankind through the ages, however when discussing the claim of the Bible that it is the word of the one almighty God, the approach of skeptically backing into its history without establishing the potential of its divine authorship seems quite backwards. Flippant assumptions are made as the lecturer citing "scholars" fully deletes entire portions of the New Testament shortly before he makes profound statements such as "If only Paul would have given more detail" - ignorantly failing to recognize that that detail is present elsewhere. Many of his comments seem to have elementary mistakes such as claims of all the gospels being anonymously written when John identifies himself in the writing; failing to see the existence of basic Messianic threads in prophecy (Ultimately what prophecy is) of the Old Testament and instead proclaiming them only relative to the events of that time, and claiming quite profoundly that Jesus practiced Judaism and not Christianity - thus fully failing to recognize the division of the covenants and what Jesus life accomplished in the fulfillment of the law.
Not to spoil the lecture, but the lecturer's conclusion to how "Christian triumphed" is ultimately that "un-learned" Christians some how deceived millions in the Roman empire that miracles had existed. Of course is it implied heavily by the author/lecturer that the existence of such miracles would be ridiculous - thus turning Christians into con-artists instead of evangelists; Spreaders of a different kind of darkness instead of spreaders of light. I would assume that the author would have no issue giving an alternate title to the series as "The Great Deception of Christianity."
Ultimately, while I understand his approach in an attempt to maintain objectivity, an examination of the history of the Bible without first addressing whether its claim that the all-powerful God wrote it always falls flat as evidenced by nearly every book, television series, etc that takes the approach. If the One God wrote the Bible, then its claims of infallibility, being the source of truth, and being the way in which men should walk must be baseline to the understanding of its commands and history. If it wasn't written by the all-powerful God and was just written by men, then it is self-condemned by those same claims and should be avoided completely. That issue must be addressed and be part of a truly "objective" view of the Bible historically/scientifically/theologically. In ever case I've seen in scholarship, the Bible is simply viewed - as it is in this lecture - as a set of man-made principles that "won out" through citing the authority of an all-powerful God that, in the view of Scholarship, is a fairy tale. They then try to figure out the humanistic reason as to why it was successful while denying the Divine power of the message manifested in the lives of Christians. It seems like trying to understand the DNA that makes a person who he is while denying half of the proteins in the strand exist. No matter your efforts, you simply won't arrive anywhere near a true conclusion.
With all this said, I will listen to more of this author's lectures as he has done tremendous research regarding the first century church history as well as details surrounding the canonization of the New Testament. Some of what he says will prove inciteful as supplemental knowledge to the basic truths I see authored by the Creator in the Bible. Some of what he says will be another proof point of 1 Corinthians 1:21; 23-24 (A passage that the author says "really is" a writing of Paul by the way) For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save thos who believe.... To Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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- LV
- 03/08/2022
Fascinating, sometimes thrilling pilgrimage
Dr Ehrman is a terrific historian & storyteller. He guides us through the Christian centuries, sharing the most accurate historical knowledge. He’s careful to remain a disinterested scholar. He tells us what we can accurately know of Jesus Christ & early Christianity — but not what to think about it. That job he leaves up to us. In the final chapter, he describes the historical triumph of Christianity through the broadest possible lens, musing on its profound impact on Western Civilization. Highly recommend this book.
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- Dennis Geoffroy
- 02/12/2021
Unbiased look at how Christianity came to dominate
Extremely engaging perspective of the rise of Christianity. The author explains his perspective as an agnostic atheist but doesn't push it down your throat amd so he remains largely unbiased.
Even as a Christian (albeit a liberal open minded one) I appreciate his secular explanation for how Christianity came to dominate), I think his view could work in congruence with the idea that the rise of Christianity had a divine influence.
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- Jack the Poetry Ripper
- 19/04/2022
Wow
I prefer to listen to courses which are above education level. This one isn't. I have read enough second temple sources to notice large issues in the assumptions Barty Boy sells as fact.
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- HP Woman
- 24/02/2022
Poor narration. Couldn't listen.
The narrator sounded like a high-pitched man and was uneasy to listen to. I stopped listening and marked it as finished.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24/02/2022
Brilliant Scholarly Work
By far, this is one of if not the best work of this kind by Dr
Bart Ehrman. Some chapters I listened to twice. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the historical perspective of the growth of Christianity from a small Jewish sect to the dominant religion of the West
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- Kindle Customer
- 01/12/2021
Went by too fast! Wish there were more
Only complaint is that I wish there were more lectures! Dr Ehrman presents a complicated and often sensitive subject in an even handed and easily understandable way.
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- marina haan
- 03/11/2022
Extremely valuable
This should almost be required listening to understand the world we face today. This.course isn’t afraid to tackle tough issues and my hope is that no one’s mind is too closed to appreciate it
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- Erin Isom
- 29/06/2022
more like 50 starts!
I had chills the last 20 minutes. I can't unknow this now. Thank you for sharing your brilliance
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- Starwheel
- 29/04/2022
The Triumph of Professor Bart D. Ehrman
Once again Professor Erhman delivers profound wisdom, insight and experience in his lectures. Every session is interesting and compelling.
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- Norjen
- 15/11/2021
Only facts
The strong point of Prof. Ehrman´s lecture is his focus on facts instaed of wishful thinking that so often dominates theological discussions.
