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

Bart D. Ehrman

Discussion: 2006-Jan-Feb-Mar

Why we're reading this: The Daily Show March 14, 2006; The Colbert Report June 20, 2006
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Apr 17, 2018 Tiffany rated it liked it

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This was a decent overview of some of the textual changes -- some intentional, some accidental -- in different versions of the New Testament. It was a good, broad explanation of why changes happened (or why they *might* have happened, since we don't know the definite reasons people hundreds of years ago did things), with a few examples; it's not in-depth or extensive by any means, but it gives you ideas of why you can't always trust what you read.

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Oct 25, 2022 Andy rated it liked it · review of another edition

The New Testament contradicts itself left and right. There are a few ways of dealing with this.
One is to try to figure out what Jesus actually said. From the title, it sounds like that is what this book will get at, but it doesn't really. It's more about who's been misquoting the authors of the Gospels, including the authors of the Gospels. Along the way, there are some interesting musings on the agendas of the people inserting various new lines into Holy Scripture. If what you're after is getti ...more

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