<p>â[Ehrmanâs] is a vast learning worn wonderfully lightly and he is an engaging but expert guide around how religious ideas were formed and shaped our world.â</p>
The Times
<p>âMany redoubtable volumes have been written about all this, but Ehrman, who already has more than two-dozen books on early Christianity under his belt, merrily blows the dust off the subject.â</p>
The Economist
<p>âThis elegant history explores the evolution of the concept of the afterlife in Western thought... Well-trod subjects are presented with engaging clarity, and more contentious theories are laid out carefully.â</p>
The New Yorker
<p>âEhrman, as always, writes in a very accessible way, and gives the reader plenty to think about.â</p>
Irish Independent
<p>âAn impressively readable, clear and wide-ranging study.â </p>
- Spectator,
<p>âA number of religions and philosophies give detailed accounts of post-mortem existence; in this learned and highly readable book, Bart Ehrman offers a tour of the whole field⌠There are many nuances possible here; Ehrman presents them all with great clarity and massive scholarship.'</p>
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Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. He has contributed to such major publications and media outlets as Time, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN and the BBC.