en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman
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He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This is outdated. Ehrman retired from UNC at the end of 2025 and is now Professor Emeritus, not a current Distinguished Professor.
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Bart Ehrman’s current official biography states that he "is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he taught from 1988 until his retirement in 2025." Ehrman also announced on his own blog on October 20, 2025 that "This semester will be my last" and that "As of January 1, 2026" he would no longer be working at the university. So the article’s present-tense claim that he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at UNC is no longer accurate; his current status is emeritus after retiring in 2025.
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- Bart's Biography - Bart Ehrman Courses Online
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he taught from 1988 until his retirement in 2025.
- Personal Annoucement: My Retirement from the University - The Bart Ehrman Blog
And now I have decided it is time for me to retire. This semester will be my last. As of January 1, 2026, I will be gainfully unemployed. At least, at the university.
Love Thy Stranger: How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West. New York, Simon & Schuster, announced for 2026.
This publication status is outdated. Simon & Schuster published the book on March 24, 2026, so it was no longer merely 'announced for 2026.'
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The entry says Love Thy Stranger was only "announced for 2026." But Simon & Schuster’s official publisher page lists the book as published by Simon & Schuster (March 24, 2026). Earlier in the same article, the text also says "Simon & Schuster released Love Thy Stranger on March 24, 2026." That means the Works section is stale: by now the book has been released, so describing it only as 'announced for 2026' is incorrect.
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- Love Thy Stranger | Book by Bart D. Ehrman | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
Product Details Publisher: Simon & Schuster (March 24, 2026) Length: 288 pages ISBN13: 9781668025031
with Bruce M. Metzger, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, 4th ed., co-editor. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005.
This misstates Ehrman’s role on the book. The 4th edition credits Bart D. Ehrman as a coauthor, not a co-editor.
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The article identifies Ehrman as "co-editor" of The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th ed.). But Ehrman’s own book page describes the work as "By Bart D. Ehrman" and says the fourth edition was revised by adding Ehrman "as a coauthor." Scholarly citation records likewise list the book as "By Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman." So the bibliography entry gets his role wrong: for the 4th edition he is credited as a coauthor, not merely a co-editor.
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- The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration - Bart Ehrman Courses Online
This thoroughly revised edition of Bruce M. Metzger's classic work is the most up-to-date manual available... The Text of the New Testament, Fourth Edition, has been invigorated by the addition of Bart D. Ehrman ... as a coauthor.
- The Journal of Theological Studies review of The Text of the New Testament
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. By Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman. Fourth Edition.