Susan’s Reviews > Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why > Status Update
Susan
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So far, it's an interesting & logical history of how the gospels & letters we now call the New Testament were written, dictated, copied, read & distributed among early Christians, many of whom were illiterate. The "originals" have been lost & corrupted w/copying due to the lack of printing presses & numerous kinds of human errors/changes long well known to Bible scholars/translators all making their best guesses.
— Dec 21, 2017 04:11AM
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Susan
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Still plugging away at this. It's VERY dense with facts & figures/dates & names I keep forgetting from one reading session to another.
So far I'm not seeing it as a reason not to be a Christian but more a reason not to take every word of the Bible literally and an explanation as to why there are so many English translations & interpretations of the Bible. Understanding the history, I can decide what I do believe.
— Mar 26, 2018 01:17AM
So far I'm not seeing it as a reason not to be a Christian but more a reason not to take every word of the Bible literally and an explanation as to why there are so many English translations & interpretations of the Bible. Understanding the history, I can decide what I do believe.
Susan
is on page 17 of 242
Having been raised Presbyterian then spending yrs in a non-denominational, "born-again" church, only beginning to doubt when that Christianity hypocritically became bound up in worldly politics. I began to research other faiths, none of which really "grabbed" me. Feeling a need for "God," I'm back to Christianity, exploring my beliefs w/foremost Bible scholar/historian to determine how much of I can still embrace.
— Oct 06, 2017 12:58AM
