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

Bart D. Ehrman

Oct 2006 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Richard Davidson

About this audiobook

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand--and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes. In this compelling and fascinating book, Ehrman shows where and why changes were made in our earliest surviving manuscripts, explaining for the first time how the many variations of our cherished biblical stories came to be, and why only certain versions of the stories qualify for publication in the Bibles we read today. Ehrman frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultra-conservative views of the Bible.

Ratings and reviews

All books are sometimes mis interpret sometimes for good sometimes for bad. Just the the bible. It was meant for good and somethings are misinterpreted . And very important life events are m.

Seeking the truth one has to go deeper than religious text. Ehrman presents evidence which is "sinfully" inadequate in Christian text.

Fantastic and we'll researched. Ehrman makes this read personal for the reader.

About the author

New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and graduated from Wheaton College in 1978. He earned his Masters of Divinity and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught at Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor. He has published more than 20 scholarly and popular books, including three New York Times bestsellers, plus numerous articles and book reviews.