Genre

Historical, Religious & Spiritual

Format

Hardback

Title

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

Good Condition. Please see attached Photos. Book overview: When world-class biblical scholar Bart Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. In Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman tells the story behind the mistakes and changes that ancient scribes made to the New Testament and shows the great impact they had upon the Bible we use today. He frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultraconservative views of the Bible. Since the advent of the printing press and the accurate reproduction of texts, most people have assumed that when they read the New Testament they are reading an exact copy of Jesus's words or Saint Paul's writings. And yet, for almost fifteen hundred years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were deeply influenced by the cultural, theological, and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts, making the original words difficult to reconstruct. Product information Publisher ‎HarperOne; First Edition (November 1, 2005) Hardcover ‎256 pages ISBN-10 ‎. 00(contact info removed)0 ISBN-13 ‎. 978-00(contact info removed)4 Item Weight ‎14.1 ounces

Special Attributes

1st edition