Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)
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A book by Bart D. Ehrman
“There’s something delicious (for nonbelievers, anyway) about the implacable, dispassionate way that Ehrman reveals how the supposedly “divine truth” of Christianity was historically constructed.” (Salon.com ) … see full wiki
Curiosity about the life of Jesus, the Christ, makes this Bart D. Ehrman book a must read. If you have an interest in a readable history of Christianity, Ehrman is a great resource to add to your mix. His research goes deep and wide over many focused years. Ehrman is skilled at offering scholarly Christian research in a reader-friendly fact-based format of not only the New Testament, but also the Old Testament. That's the best news. And, it does … more
Who comes up with book titles? Whoever dreamed up this one (obviously a take-off of the movie "Girl, Interrupted") wasn't giving a thought to the contents of the book; he or she just wanted a splashy title to attract attention. Perhaps that person was right, but I don't think so. Anyway, this is another in a long line of Biblical scholarship books written by this author. Once again he educates those of us who are not really conversant with the formation of parts of the Bible,in … more
Can knowledgeable people who are convinced that what they read in the Bible is not totally true, who see that many of their coreligionists have added superstitious and non-rational ceremonies and practices to their religion, abandon the unreasonable parts of their religion, accept the biblical stories as myths, and still think of themselves as good Christians, Jews or Muslims? This question is both significant and relevant. On April 13, 2009, Newsweek reports that "the number … more
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