Name: Forged
ISBN: 9780062012623

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Good for readers who enjoy Church HistoryGood for readers interested in ancientGood for fans of Religion

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Authors: Bart D. Ehrman, Walter Dixon, HarperOne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: March 6, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Church History · Bible Criticism & Interpretation
Reading lane: Church History

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NIV Study Bible
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About This Book

Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, and John Dominic Crossan, Ehrman’s Forged delivers a stunn...

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Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, and John Dominic Crossan, Ehrman’s Forged delivers a stunning explication of one of the most substantial—yet least discussed—problems confronting the world of biblical scholarship.