Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are

from DSeanW

Find Ehrman consistently thoughtful and persuasive across all of his books I have read - this one is no exception.

from bibleblaster

Like candy, if you happen (like me) to find New Testament scholarship sweet. This is a welcome exploration of something that I was taught in theological school: it was common practice in the earliest Christian times for people to write under assumed names of someone more famous or authoritative. ...

from scottcholstad

I found this a fascinating book and really loved it. Much of it was new to me when I started, but for some reason, I set it aside for awhile while I read other books. And some of these other books went on to assert some of the same things I found Ehrman referring to when I later picked up the boo...

from joeydag

I'm happy to have finished another book of Erhman's works. In this book he goes beyond the inadvertent errors that crept into the biblical canon and addresses the deliberate falsification that can be found in early Christian history. One big new item for me was the idea the Luke and the Acts of t...

from adpaton

Most people accept that the New Testament was not necessarily written by the apostles but what makes university professor and former fundamental Christian Bart Ehrman's book Forged so engaging is the entertaining quality of his writing. Pseudo epigraphy refers to works written under a false name:...