Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

by Bart D. Ehrman

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament--and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity.

Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally--including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062285203
• ISBN13: 9780062285201
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Be(lie) the New Testament?

It is a wonderful book as a lecture from Professor Ehrman on the Godspell’s before Jesus. He pointed out the Four Godspels in the New Testament were not his witness biography on what he did and said. They are a collection memory of oral tradition in circulation forty years after Jesus died on the Cross, in a desperate cry : My God, why you forsake me! As stories retold, retold and retold with faulty memory in spinning, addition and fabrication to make miracles to impress and convince converts. His lecture is not usually preached in pulpit on Sunday. Basically, Jesus born as a Jew, dedicated himself as a messiah to rule over Judea in overthrowing the Roman colonial occupation. He was executed by crucifixion, a state crime against Rome as a criminal! However, it changes the blame on Jewish people and other scribes. Prof Ehrman showed readers some insights on the New Testament with other discovered Gospels not in the twenty seven chapters. You shell know the truth and the truth will set you free! It is about be(lie), lies included!