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 The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is riddled with contradictory claims about Jesus—information that scholars know… but the general public does not. If you enjoy the work of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and John Shelby Spong, you’ll find much to ponder in Jesus, Interrupted. Bible Study Bibles & Bible Study Christian Living Christianity Middle East Tradition
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Hard to argue with Prof. Ehrman's reasoned and carefully presented scholarship. Beautifully clear; a shame that the deeply indoctrinated won't ever appreciate or even consider the questions raised by this

Phew! Should be read in every church

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lots of good content in this book and the narration even on 2x speed was easily understandable so that saved a lot of time reading/listening

my fav Bart Ehrman book thus far

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I am not good at expressing my thoughts into words. this book has done an exceptional job for me.

Simply Outstanding

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I greatly appreciated this book. It is a timely and considerate alternative to simply reading the bible devotionally. We all need to have our questions answered about what we do about what we read and accept as Gods inspired guidance contained in the bible. This book did NOT challenge my faith but it did help me grow in my love for the God we see glimpses of within the pages of the bible. I liken this book to the wizard of OZ and we are finally getting a glimpse behind the curtain. As a long term committed Christian, I have for years now felt that God was simply too silent on too many subjects and this book helped me understand in part why this is. I challenge you to do likewise

A respectfully challenging read

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So this book is about the Bible not really just about Jesus. Professor Ehrman does I think play up the "contradictions" in the Bible - for example when he goes into how no two copies of the New Testament agree he cites horrifying statistics for how many discrepencies there are in the manuscripts before admitting most of these are due to spelling differences because there was no standardised spelling at the time.

I do think it is more informative to read the Bible "critically" - that for example the author of a book might actually be an editor who had various manuscripts and oral sources they were trying to weave together into a single whole and sometimes the different sources don't quite fit together and we need to recognise that.

It is also useful to acknowledge that there are differences in the various manuscripts and since we don't have the originals it is quite possible that the manuscripts we do have themselves contain similar differences from the originals, however if you read and understand a Bible book, you can decide for yourself if it sounds coherent or not, and one option if things don't always make sense is that there was some corruption of the text, so it is up to you to decide what the author was most likely trying to say.

So I found this a useful and informative book but Ehrman can be a bit of a showman in trying to "shock" us into what he wants to say are some sensational discrepancies but what are actually quite sensible points that help us to understand the text better.

Strange Title - decent book

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