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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
EAN: 9780060859510
ISBN: 0060859512
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: February 05, 2007
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: February 06, 2007
Sales Rank: 2337
Studio: HarperOne
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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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Ehrman takes us on a journey detailing the development of the New Testament, from 2nd century manuscripts through modern day biblical scholarly attempts to piece together what the original "autograph" copy may have really said.
While contradictory and altered versions of the New Testament were known to me, the scope of those variations, and the causes for them was not. Using examples of scripture, and referencing the earliest and later manuscripts, Ehrman details instances of ... Read More
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Bart D. Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" is simply the most enlightening title I have ever read! Par with his other works, Ehrman condenses centuries of relevant biblical history into this remarkably informative and accessible volume. As one of the world's leading biblical scholars, and chair of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Ehrman's qualifications and experience empower him to deliver candid and ... Read More
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Erhman's book provides a clear and concise explanation of new testament history.
This history shows the finger prints of humanity on the authorship of the Bible.
The Bible we have today is the result of one version of early Christianity winning the battle for orthodoxy over competing factions. The victors declared the losers heretics and wrote the "word of God" to support their views.
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Ehrman follows up on his 2003 study of The Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by turning his eye for Biblical criticism on those books that did make it into the canon.
Ehrman talks briefly about textual criticism as applied to New Testament source manuscripts, suggesting that the currently accepted canon has been revised inadvertently and intentionally over in over 30,000 places. He provides a handful of examples, and provides a very elementary ... Read More
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This book is well worth reading if you are interested in the subject matter. Perhaps most refreshing about this book, despite its rather provocative title, is that Ehrman is very objective in his review of early Christian writings. I read a lot of books on the topic of religion that have been written by atheists and, while I enjoy most of these books, I have to admit that many of these authors have a tendency to be sarcastic (some might even say smarmy) when referring to the faithful. Ehrman, a former ... Read More
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