Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
HarperCollins, 2005.
HOW SCRIBES CHANGED THE NEW TESTAMENT
Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman examines how centuries of hand copying introduced both accidental errors and intentional alterations into New Testament manuscripts. Misquoting Jesus explains how these variants arose and how textual scholars work to reconstruct the earliest attainable form of the biblical text.
FROM MANUSCRIPT TO MODERN BIBLE
Before printing standardized reproduction, New Testament texts circulated through handwritten copies shaped by human error as well as the theological and cultural concerns of their scribes. Ehrman uses significant textual variants to show how manuscript transmission could affect passages and their interpretation.
TEXTUAL CRITICISM FOR THE GENERAL READER
Combining manuscript history with personal narrative, Ehrman presents the methods and controversies of New Testament textual criticism for a broad audience, while exploring how his own study of Greek manuscripts changed his understanding of biblical authority.
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SCHOLARLY SIGNIFICANCE: A LEADING VOICE IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES.
Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a leading scholar of early Christianity and the textual history of the New Testament.
TEXTUAL CRITICISM FOR A WIDER AUDIENCE.
Misquoting Jesus brought the specialized field of New Testament textual criticism to a broad readership. Ehrman traces how centuries of hand-copying introduced textual variations and explains how scribal error, interpretation, and theological concerns contributed to the transmission of the biblical text.
FROM MANUSCRIPTS TO THE MODERN BIBLE.
By connecting individual textual variants with the methods scholars use to evaluate surviving manuscripts, Ehrman made the history of the New Testament text accessible beyond the academy and helped bring questions of manuscript transmission into contemporary public discussion.
SUBJECT HEADINGS: Biblical Studies, Textual Criticism, New Testament History, Bart Ehrman, Church History, Early Christianity, Manuscript Transmission
Item #22423
ISBN: 0060738170
Price: $14.00
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