Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)
Paperback, 304 pages
Published Feb. 2, 2010 by HarperOne.
The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is riddled with contradictory claims about Jesus—information that scholars know… but the general public does not.
A worthy followup to Misquoting Jesus. Another accessible overview of the historical-critical study of the most important book in history.
Ehrman doesn't include anything that a person interested in the history of Christianity wouldn't discover on the internet in short order, but this book does provide a convenient and entertainingly written package for some of the more well known contradictions found in the New Testament, as well as an interesting inside perspective on the gap between what scholars, including the clergy, believe and what is taught to the average churchgoer by those same clergy.
