"When I first discovered Bart through his The Great Courses lecture series The Historical Jesus, my head blew off. "
As a recovering Catholic, my discovery of early Christianity as a field of scholarship and the evident disconnect between the historical and devotional approaches to the New Testament intrigued me. Working through this fascinating mix of history and religion, I made a startling discovery. Bart seemed to be shining a bright light on something more than just history and religion. The question was — what?