Bart D. Ehrman

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New Testament scholar author biblical scholar human university professor

Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and bestselling author known for his critical work on the textual history of the Bible and the historical Jesus.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bart D. Ehrman canonical	3
Bart Ehrman	2
Ehrman	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1950463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bart D. Ehrman
Context triple: [Bruce M. Metzger, doctoralAdvisorOf, Bart D. Ehrman]

A. Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a prominent German biblical scholar and theologian renowned for his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism and the critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
B. Bruce M. Metzger
Bruce M. Metzger was a prominent American biblical scholar and textual critic known for his influential work on modern Bible translations and the Greek New Testament.
C. J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden was a pioneering computational and applied mathematician known for his foundational contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
D. John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
E. Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bart D. Ehrman
Target entity description: Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and bestselling author known for his critical work on the textual history of the Bible and the historical Jesus.

A. Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a prominent German biblical scholar and theologian renowned for his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism and the critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
B. Bruce M. Metzger
Bruce M. Metzger was a prominent American biblical scholar and textual critic known for his influential work on modern Bible translations and the Greek New Testament.
C. J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden was a pioneering computational and applied mathematician known for his foundational contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
D. John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
E. Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament scholar ⓘ author ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Bruce M. Metzger ⓘ
awardReceived	UNC Undergraduate Students Teaching Award ⓘ
basedIn	Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1955-10-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Moody Bible Institute ⓘ Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ Wheaton College, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Wheaton College
employer	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
familyName	Bart D. Ehrman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ehrman
fieldOfWork	New Testament studies ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ historical Jesus ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
genre	biblical criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ popular theology ⓘ
givenName	Bart Simpson ⓘ surface form: Bart
hasWebsite	https://ehrmanblog.org ⓘ
hasYouTubeChannel	Bart D. Ehrman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bart Ehrman
knownFor	critical study of the New Testament text ⓘ public debates on religion ⓘ research on the historical Jesus ⓘ work on the textual history of the Bible ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
name	Bart D. Ehrman self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Forged ⓘ God’s Problem ⓘ How Jesus Became God ⓘ Jesus, Interrupted ⓘ Apocryphal New Testament writings ⓘ surface form: Lost Christianities Lost Scriptures ⓘ Misquoting Jesus ⓘ The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture ⓘ
occupation	lecturer ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ surface form: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
positionHeld	James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies ⓘ
religiousBackground	evangelical Christian ⓘ
religiousBelief	agnostic ⓘ atheist ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bruce M. Metzger → doctoralAdvisorOf → Bart D. Ehrman ⓘ

William Lane Craig → hasDebated → Bart D. Ehrman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bart Ehrman

The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration → coAuthor → Bart D. Ehrman ⓘ

Bart D. Ehrman → name → Bart D. Ehrman self-link ⓘ

Bart D. Ehrman → familyName → Bart D. Ehrman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman → hasYouTubeChannel → Bart D. Ehrman self-linksurface differs ⓘ