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Book Reviews
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(September 30, 2011 at 1:35 am)padraic Wrote: Have just started "Misquoting Jesus; The Story Behind What Changed the Bible And Why" , Bart D Ehrman

I had come across the basic premise of the book before,but never in so much scholarly detail.

So far,it makes anyone who says "I believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God" look even more ignorant than I had thought.

That it was a best seller suggests the book's targeted readers; people like me; literate and interested,but not biblical or classical scholars.


The entire Wiki article is worth a read.


Quote:Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why is a book by Bart D. Ehrman, a New Testament scholar at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] The book introduces lay readers to the field of textual criticism of the Bible. Ehrman discusses a number of textual variants that resulted from intentional or accidental manuscript changes during the scriptorium era. The book, which made it to the New York Times Best Seller list, is available in hardcover and paperback.[2]


Quote:Ehrman recounts his personal experience with the study of the Bible and textual criticism. He summarizes the history of textual criticism, from the works of Desiderius Erasmus to the present. The book describes an early Christian environment in which the books that would later compose the New Testament were copied by hand, mostly by Christian amateurs. Ehrman concludes that various early scribes altered the New Testament texts in order to deemphasize the role of women in the early church, to unify and harmonize the different portrayals of Jesus in the four gospels, and to oppose certain heresies (such as Adoptionism). Ehrman contends that certain widely-held Christian beliefs, such about the divinity of Jesus, are associated not with the original words of scripture but with these later alterations.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misquoting_Jesus

If you have not read the other works by Bart D Ehrman, please read them which would the following;
Jesus Interrupted
Lost Christianities
Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are




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That sounds fascinating. Is that the one often quoted as evidence for the existence of kingdom of David? Mentions Israel? I vaguely remember it from Finkelstein's book,I think.

Would you mind giving a a brief outline of one or two of the book's ideas/arguments?

The Bible Unearthed did have a discussion about the Tel Dan Inscription. Finkelstein argued while the united monarchy did not exist, there was very likely a historical King David who founded the royal house of Judah. Although Finkelstein did note that if David existed he was more like a tribal chief than a king in a lot of modern people's eyes.
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Book Reviews - by Justtristo - September 28, 2011 at 4:27 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Erinome - September 28, 2011 at 5:02 am
RE: Book Reviews - by leo-rcc - September 28, 2011 at 5:09 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rayaan - September 28, 2011 at 12:51 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by leo-rcc - September 29, 2011 at 5:59 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rev. Rye - September 28, 2011 at 10:20 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Epimethean - September 28, 2011 at 10:36 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Minimalist - September 28, 2011 at 10:44 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by padraic - September 30, 2011 at 1:35 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - September 30, 2011 at 4:48 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Shell B - September 30, 2011 at 2:36 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - October 24, 2011 at 8:02 am
RE: Book Reviews - by 5thHorseman - October 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Epimethean - October 29, 2011 at 7:47 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - November 12, 2011 at 6:38 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rev. Rye - November 12, 2011 at 10:44 am
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