Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman

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

Bart D. Ehrman

266 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective slow-paced

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When consulting the New Testament, most people today assume they are reading the very words that Jesus spoke or St. Paul wrote. And yet, for almost 1,500 years manuscripts were copied by hand by scribes -- often untrained -- who were deeply influe...

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