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Jesus before the gospels : how the earliest Christians remembered, changed, and invented their stories of the Savior by Ehrman, Bart D. is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Jesus before the gospels : how the earliest Christians remembered, changed, and invented their stories of the Savior about?

Many believe that the Gospel stories of Jesus are based on eyewitness testimony and are therefore historically reliable. Now, for the first time, a scholar of the New Testament, New York Times bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman (Misquoting Jesus; and Jesus, Interrupted), surveys research from the fields of psychology, anthropology, and sociology to explore how oral traditions and group memories really work and questions how reliable the Gospels can be. Focusing on the decades-long gap between when Jesus lived and when these documents about him began to appear, Ehrman looks to these varied disciplines to see what they can tell us about how the New Testament developed

Who reads Jesus before the gospels : how the earliest Christians remembered, changed, and invented their stories of the Savior?

It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.

Common subject areas: religion, theology.

Author
Ehrman, Bart D.
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780062285225
Category
religious
Rating
3.86 / 5 (337 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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