from RottenArsenal

This is one of Ehrman's best. He goes into great detail about the lives of St. Peter, St. Paul, and Mary Magdelene, from the legends to what the Bible tells us. It is in depth and extremely comparative.Folks that believe in the inerrancy of the Bible won't like it, since it points out continuity ...

from ncnsstnt

It is bound to happen - the more I read of Mr. Ehrman the more his books start to overlap. This one had some pretty interesting stuff on Peter and Paul that I didn't know, so that was good. The stuff on Mary Magdelene was somewhat informative but mostly speculative. Interesting book and I'm glad ...

from NielsenGW

Ehrman's book gives a rich history of the Early Church and parses through many documents about Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene to give a truer portrait than is popularly conceived. I liked this book a lot because it gave Church history without being overly didactic or intolerant.

from Devil_llama

Reading this book makes one suspect the author chose this topic not just because these are three of the most important individuals in Christian history, but also because he wanted to begin and end with Peter, Paul, and Mary songs from the 1960s. That said, the book was a well-written look at what...

from DubiousDisciple

This may be my favorite among Ehrman books. It details the legends of three of the most important followers of Jesus in the Bible. Few of the stories told are considered historical; even stories that derive from the Bible are not considered literally true by Ehrman. For example, many of our stori...