The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series

Armageddon & The End – Dr. Bart Ehrman

The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I’m Paul Vogelzang and today’s show is brought to you by BetterHelp and Sunday. As part of our Art Of Living author interview series, we have an excellent program about Armageddon, with returning biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman.

Thank you so much for listening. I’ll re-introduce Dr. Bart Ehrman to our Not Old Better Show audience in just a moment.  But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 705th  episode when I spoke to award-winning American television producer, filmmaker, and journalist Natasha Lance Rogoff author of the new book Muppets in Moscow.  Two weeks ago, as part of our series on Women’s History Month, I spoke with Smithsonian Associate, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sara Lukinson about the magnificent Barbra Streisand Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience, especially during Women’s History Month…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

Our guest today and returning audience favorite, Dr. Bart Ehrman, has written or edited over thirty books, including six New York Times bestsellers.  Dr. Ehrman’s newest book, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. Already a New York Times bestseller, Dr. Ehrman will reveal, as a Biblical scholar, why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong—and why that matters.

Dr. Bart Ehrman says we will find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: Dr. Ehrman tells us today why The Book of Revelation is a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us all. But whether you understand the book as a literal description of what will soon come to pass, interpret it as a metaphorical expression of hope for those suffering now, or only recognize its highlights from pop culture, what you think Revelation reveals…is almost certainly wrong.

Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast, returning biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman.

My thanks to BetterHelp and Sunday for sponsoring today’s show.  My thanks to returning biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman.  My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show, and of course, my thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience… Let’s talk about better.  The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates interview series.  Thanks, everybody.