Misquoting Jesus

The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

by Bart D. Ehrman

English language

Published March 15, 2007

ISBN:: 978-0-06-085951-0

(21 reviews)

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (published as Whose Word Is It? in United Kingdom) is a book by Bart D. Ehrman, a New Testament scholar at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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 made it to The New York Times Best Seller List.

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Haunted Toaster reviewed Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman

Review of 'Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

Bart D. Ehrman walks you through the complexities of textual criticism and the various ways that the New Testament Bible has been revised over thousands of years. This is a great to begin with when learning about textual criticism. Extensive knowledge of the Bible isn't necessary to appreciate this book, this is geared toward the layperson.

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4 stars

An excellent introduction to textual criticism of the Bible. Anyone with an interest in the history of the Bible, whether Christian or not, should read this book.

Curtis reviewed Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman

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4 stars

Ehrman submits a good case for showing that the words we attribute to Jesus today are likely not his words. And the actions we think he performed likely weren't his actions. And that in fact we know very, very little about what Jesus said and did. And what little we know is questionable.