Unfortunately, the main thrust of the book is not as commendable. I found his book easy to read and informative. He is not the expert (as some would say), but his credentials are well established. Nothing could be further from the truth, or from the actual content of Ehrman’s book.īart Ehrman is a university professor as well as a widely acknowledged expert in the field of biblical textual criticism-the study of the available manuscript evidence from which the various translations of the Bible have been produced. “The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why” gives the impression that the reader will learn of a sinister historical plot to distort Scripture. The subtitle of the book doesn’t add any clarity either. For marketing reasons (one would presume) the publisher preferred the existing title. ISBN 0-06-073817-0Ĭontrary to what the title might suggest, Bart Ehrman’s book Misquoting Jesus is not primarily about sayings of Jesus that have been “misquoted.” Ehrman’s preferred title was “Lost in Transmission,” reflecting his personal opinion that much of the original wording of the New Testament has been “lost” through the inaccuracies of the early scribes who hand-copied the text. Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.
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