Bart D. Ehrman Books in Order
Bart D. Ehrman has written 43 books, published between 1986 and 2026. The first book is Didymus the Blind & the Text of the Gospels (1986) and the newest is Love Thy Stranger (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1986–2026
- Pages on record
- 10,766 in 31 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 179–269 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,766 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Bart D. Ehrman, born 5 October 1955, is an American biblical scholar working on New Testament textual criticism, the historical Jesus, and how early Christianity began. Ehrman teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in a chair named for James A. Gray. The 43 catalogued books start with Didymus the Blind & the Text of the Gospels (1986) and reach Love Thy Stranger in 2026, taking in Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999) and Lost Christianities (2002). A membership blog run by Ehrman had raised more than $3 million for hunger and homelessness charities by March 2025.
How many Bart D. Ehrman books are there?
Bart D. Ehrman has 43 books, released between 1986 and 2026.
Bart D. Ehrman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Bart D. Ehrman books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Didymus the Blind & the Text of the Gospels1986 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419862881/4
- 2The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament1993 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/419933281/4
- 3The Text of the New Testament In Contemporary Research1995 · 401 pages · confirmed 1/419954011/4
- 4The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings1996 · 506 pages · confirmed 1/419965061/4
- 5The New Testament And Other Early Christian Writings1997 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/419974121/4
- 6After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity1998 · 436 pages · confirmed 1/419984361/4
- 7Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419992881/4
- 8The Historical Jesus2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 9Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew2002 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420022941/4
- 10Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into the New Testament2003 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/420033421/4
- 11Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 CE: A Reader2003 · 504 pages · confirmed 1/420035041/4
- 12From Jesus to Constantine2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 13Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene & Constantine2004 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420042401/4
- 14A Brief Introduction to the New Testament2004 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/420044241/4
- 15The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration2005 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/420053661/4
- 16Whose Word Is It? The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why2005 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420052541/4
- 17Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420052721/4
- 18The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed2006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420062241/4
- 19Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 20Peter, Paul & Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History & Legend2006 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/420062851/4
- 21God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420082561/4
- 23The Reliability of the New Testament2011 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/420112201/4
- 24Forged: Writing in the Name of God2011 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/420113071/4
- 25The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations2011 · 611 pages · confirmed 1/420116111/4
- 26Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 27Forgery and Counter-forgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics2012 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/420126281/4
- 28The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420133361/4
- 29The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 30The Greatest Controversies of Early Christian History2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 31The Bible: A Historical and Literary Introduction2013 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420134321/4
- 32How Jesus Became God : the Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee2014 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420144161/4
- 33Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior2016 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420163261/4
- 34The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World2017 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420173521/4
- 35Summary and Analysis of the Books of the Bible: A Quick Guide2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 36Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife2020 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420203261/4
- 3736 Big Ideas2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 38After the New Testament: The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 39Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420201281/4
- 40Journeys to Heaven and Hell2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 41When Did Jesus Become God?: A Christological Debate2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 42Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End2023 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420232721/4
- 43Love Thy Stranger2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Bart D. Ehrman books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
43 books43 Bart D. Ehrman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bart D. Ehrman books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 43 Bart D. Ehrman books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Bart D. Ehrman
Start with Didymus the Blind & the Text of the Gospels (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bart D. Ehrman book?
Love Thy Stranger (2026) is the newest Bart D. Ehrman book released so far.
Is there a new Bart D. Ehrman book coming?
No next Bart D. Ehrman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bart D. Ehrman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Bart D. Ehrman published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Bart D. Ehrman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,766 pages across the 31 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bart D. Ehrman books, 15 of 43, were published in the 2000s.
What the Bart D. Ehrman books are about
33 of the 43 Bart D. Ehrman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bible is tagged on 14 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Bible 14 of 33 books
- History 8 of 33 books
- Textual Criticism 7 of 33 books
- Church history 5 of 33 books
- Early Christian literature 5 of 33 books
- Apocryphal books (New Testament) 4 of 33 books
- Criticism, interpretation 4 of 33 books
- Historicity 4 of 33 books
- Introductions 4 of 33 books
- Jesus christ, historicity 4 of 33 books
- Religious aspects 4 of 33 books
- Authority 3 of 33 books