Jesus, Interrupted (edit title)

Vanessa S edited the table of contents of Jesus, Interrupted 10 days ago.

• Preface
  1. A Historical Assault on Faith
  2. A World of Contradictions
  3. A Mass of Variant Views
  4. Who Wrote the Bible?
  5. Liar, Lunatic, or Lord? Finding the Historical Jesus
  6. How We Got the Bible
  7. Who Invented Christianity
  8. Is Faith Possible?
  Notes

Timothy Gray approved Ulrich’s request to change the title of Jesus, Interrupted Saturday, November 7 2009.

Ulrich changed the title of Jesus, Interrupted Friday, November 6 2009.

Ray A edited the first sentence of Jesus, Interrupted Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• The Bible is the most widely purchased, extensively read, and deeply revered book in the history of Western Civilization. Arguably it is also the most thoroughly misunderstood, especially by the lay reading public.

Shelfari edited the description of Jesus, Interrupted Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus left off, Jesus, Interrupted addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teaches—and it's not what most people think. Here Ehrman reveals what scholars have unearthed: The authors of the New Testament have diverging views about who Jesus was and how salvation works The New Testament contains books that were forged in the names of the apostles by Christian writers who lived decades later Jesus, Paul, Matthew, and John all represented fundamentally different religions Established Christian doctrines—such as the suffering messiah, the divinity of Jesus, and the trinity—were the inventions of still later theologians These are not idiosyncratic perspectives of just one modern scholar. As Ehrman skillfully demonstrates, they have been the standard and widespread views of critical scholars across a full spectrum of denominations and traditions. Why is it most people have never heard such things? This is the book that pastors, educators, and anyone interested in the Bible have been waiting for—a clear and compelling account of the central challenges we face when attempting to reconstruct the life and message of Jesus.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Jesus, Interrupted Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Bart D. Ehrman:

Shelfari edited the contributors of Jesus, Interrupted Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Bart D. Ehrman: (Primary Author)

Peiyu W edited the quotations of Jesus, Interrupted Sunday, July 12 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Christianity as we have come to know it did not, in any event, spring into being overnight”
• Added a quotation: “Evil does not have the last word; God has the last word”
• Added a quotation: “God triumphs over all, including death itself”
• Added a quotation: “I don't know a single Bible scholar who will learn a single thing from this book, although they will disagree with conclusions here and there”
• Added a quotation: “It emerged over a long period of time, through a period of struggles, debates, and conflicts over competing views, doctrines, perspectives, canons, and rules”
• Added a quotation: “Jesus is by all accounts the most significant person in the history of Western Civilization”

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Jesus, Interrupted Wednesday, July 1 2009.

• Added a character: Mark

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Jesus, Interrupted Wednesday, July 1 2009.

• Added a character: Son of God