cdeane61's review against another edition
3.0
A little tedious to get through, but full of interesting information nonetheless.
I think Ehrman present a well reasoned argument for his contention that many of the books in the bible are forged, giving examples and citing sources all the while.
His breakdown of how forgery was viewed in biblical times (not at all favorably) and of all the ways that one can tell a work is forged is interesting throughout.
I already have another of his books lined up to read.
I think Ehrman present a well reasoned argument for his contention that many of the books in the bible are forged, giving examples and citing sources all the while.
His breakdown of how forgery was viewed in biblical times (not at all favorably) and of all the ways that one can tell a work is forged is interesting throughout.
I already have another of his books lined up to read.
jake_wont_shut_up's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
Highly informative, though he certainly could’ve gone deeper.
Main criticism is that he constantly restated the exact same phrases. Maybe he’s so used to hearing people defend forgers he wanted to reiterate every time his earlier arguments against them?
Main criticism is that he constantly restated the exact same phrases. Maybe he’s so used to hearing people defend forgers he wanted to reiterate every time his earlier arguments against them?
rubooks's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.75
It was a very interesting perspective the truth of the books included in the Bible and a bunch that were not. Unsurprisingly, to simply take everything in the Bible and other works from antiquity as 100% correct, with no bias or agenda by the author is not a good idea. It is definitely worth a read (or a listen) and makes it apparent that people from long ago and not that different from people now
kahawa's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of good information.... And lots of narrow-minded conclusions. I appreciate his research, but I feel like he so often overstates his case. Is this a debater's flaw? Overall he does a good job of exposing the rampant forgeries going on in the early centuries of the church, and demonstrates fairly conclusively that forgery was as unacceptable then as it is today.
eserafina42's review against another edition
4.0
If I could give this 3-1/2 stars I would, but I'll round up since I've always enjoyed Ehrman's books. This one seemed a bit drier, but was still informative and thought-provoking.
karschmidtholloway's review against another edition
3.0
A lot of material already talked about in Ehrman's other books, not a great deal unique to this book. I skimmed a lot because so much was already familiar to me. Also comes off as pretty snooty sometimes. Interesting, good solid scholarly information, but stylistically off-putting.