The Scribes

I was so excited to be able to help get this paperback into an e-book! Peter Rodgers did a fabulous job of making the dry scholarly topic of NT textual criticism into an exciting novel. If you have a basic understanding of Roman history, you’ll be able to grasp the concepts and cultures represented in this book. One of my favorite aspects of reading this historical romance was that I felt planted in the time period, while at the same time finding characters I could relate to. You’ll see in the bibliographic notes at the end of the novel just how much study Rodgers put into this topic before he even sat down to write. And while some scholars have suggested that second century scribes tweaked the wording of the Gospels in order to combat heresies, Rodgers suggests the opposite: that there was a strong ethos about keeping the purity of the text. As one of the characters says:

“The original text must be copied…whether it helps or hinders our cause!”

The novel opens with accounts of persecution the Roman church faces, and the threat of persecution is almost always present throughout the novel. It throws into light what some Christians around the world face even today.

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The Scribes by Peter Rodgers