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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why Paperback - 2007

by Bart D. Ehrman

Now in paperback, this "New York Times" bestseller explores the mistakes and changes that ancient copyists made to the New Testament that greatly impacted the Bible used today.


Summary

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand — — and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes. In this compelling and fascinating book, Ehrman shows where and why changes were made in our earliest surviving manuscripts, explaining for the first time how the many variations of our cherished biblical stories came to be, and why only certain versions of the stories qualify for publication in the Bibles we read today. Ehrman frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultra — conservative views of the Bible.

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More than almost anything I've ever written about, the subject of this book has been on my mind for the past thirty years, since I was in my late teens and just beginning my study of the New Testament.

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  • Title Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
  • Author Bart D. Ehrman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperOne, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2007-02-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060859510 / 0060859512
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.95 x 5.25 x 0.6 in (20.19 x 13.34 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 225.486

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  • Time, 06/22/2009, Page 107
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