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  • Jesus, Interrupted

  • Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible
  • By: Bart D. Ehrman
  • Narrated by: Jason Culp
  • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (129 ratings)
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Jesus, Interrupted

By: Bart D. Ehrman
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Summary

Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times best seller, 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.

  • ©2009 Bart D. Ehrman (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

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    Should be a "must listen to" for every adult!

    I always feel like an uninformed idiot after reading Bart Ehrman. Yet I am an educated, open minded and well traveled adult. I guess I am almost angry that I've allowed myself to be so easily brainwashed... His easy to read style and depth of information never disappoints.
    While listening with my headsets on my partner had to deal with sudden explosions of "What!", laughter and slaps to the forehead. It just gets to you that strongly.
    If you are at all worried about it damaging your faith then listen to the last chapter first. It certainly won't unless you want it to!
    The reader is perfect. A great voice that one never tires of. I fear if I ever got to meet Mr. Ehrman I'd be shocked to hear his voice!
    Now that my 15 hours are over I must immediately download another!

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    An interesting perspective on an old story

    Erhman is a man of great intellect, a scholar of the highest credentials.

    The contents if this book he claims not to be controversial among academics in the field of biblical scholarship, but are certainly controversial to the layman.

    His conclusions are certainly controversial - but given the weight if evidence he gives in support they clearly shouldn't be.

    A good run-through the work of New Testament history; detailed enough to provide clarity but not in-depth enough for me in some places.

    A book that will make you think, maybe not fought to shake the faith of the masses but it will certainly leave you with many questions.

    A good audiobook but for me it would have been much better if read by the author.

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    Phew! Should be read in every church

    Hard to argue with Prof. Ehrman's reasoned and carefully presented scholarship. Beautifully clear; a shame that the deeply indoctrinated won't ever appreciate or even consider the questions raised by this

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    Wow. So much information I didn’t know.

    This book is amazing. I asked my pastor in my church about the bit where the disciples ask Jesus where he is going in John though and a couple of chapters later, Jesus saying that none of them asks where he is going. It felt like I had committed a mortal sin! He kind of explained though, after a while, that the disciples weren’t sincere when they asked where he was going and that is why Jesus denied them ever asking…. maybe that’s true? Part of me feels like maybe I shouldn’t be listening to this book, but I can’t help it.

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    my fav Bart Ehrman book thus far

    lots of good content in this book and the narration even on 2x speed was easily understandable so that saved a lot of time reading/listening

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    very insightful

    This book has helped me in understanding why there are many contradictions in the 'good book'.

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    Fantastic

    Loved every chapter. The depth of research that obviously went into this book is astounding. Bart D Ehrman’s qualifications to talk on this subject are second to none. Jason Culp narrates the book really well and has an engaging voice.

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    A great way to hear Bart's scholarly work

    Having watched Bart speaking and debating on a few occasions, and having read some of his other works, this book has not disappointed.
    His vast scholarly knowledge and insight, born from decades of study, is laid out in an accessible fashion.

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    Sanity with good humour and honesty.

    Sanity at last!!! I have been trying to join up these dots for years, in ministry and for my own quest, and here is a scholarly and sensible account of all the issues that stand in the way of swallowing all these impossibilities ‘before breakfast’. Clearly set out and without the arrogance of a Dawkins. Reading is perfect.

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    great but...

    Casts aside arguments that Jesus is a myth with a bizarre anecdote about a story that appears in the new York times. He has no explanation for the silence of Paul. Bart ehrman is a scholar but not when it comes to this.

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