Book Reviews: Book Review of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why , by Bart D. Ehrman -- Blue Rectangle

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

Bart D. Ehrman

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"Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus is about the ways in which the manuscripts that made -- that eventually made up the New Testament stories about the life and teaching of Jesus changed over the course of time; and so Ehrman uses the work of other textual analysts as well as his own work to prove his central theory, which is that most of the words, most of the phrases, and just about everything in the New Testament is open to interpretation. That being said, you'd have to have a real passion for the subject and want to know more about it, and also not have any blocks in terms of spiritual analysis of it all; because in my view, this is the spiritual realm versus the historical realm. While they meet at some points, this book is not about that. It's strictly about the historical realm. So if you have interest in the New Testament, as well as the life of Jesus, and you can separate yourself from the spiritual analysis of those texts and look specifically at the most likely historical interpretation of those texts, then I think that it's a very good book and a good read. So I would not recommend to someone with just a passing interest. I would go four stars out of five. I don't -- like I've said before, I don't really have any criticisms of the book other than it's just not -- it's really not everyone's cup of tea."