{"product_id":"9780062012616","title":"Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are","description":"\u003cp\u003e It is often said, even by critical scholars who should know better, that “writing in the name of another” was widely accepted in antiquity. But \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman dares to call it what it was: literary forgery, a practice that was as scandalous then as it is today. In \u003ci\u003eForged\u003c\/i\u003e, Ehrman’s fresh and original research takes readers back to the ancient world, where forgeries were used as weapons by unknown authors to fend off attacks to their faith and establish their church. So, if many of the books in the Bible were \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e in fact written by Jesus’s inner circle—but by writers living decades later, with differing agendas in rival communities—what does that do to the authority of Scripture?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEhrman investigates ancient sources to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reveal which New Testament books were outright forgeries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Explain how widely forgery was practiced by early Christian writers—and how strongly it was condemned in the ancient world as fraudulent and illicit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expose the deception in the history of the Christian religion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Ehrman’s fascinating story of fraud and deceit is essential reading for anyone interested in the truth about the Bible and the dubious origins of Christianity’s sacred texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045357076720,"sku":"9780062012616","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062012616_p0.jpg?v=1763772917","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062012616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}