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

Bart D. Ehrman, theNew York Timesbestselling author ofJesus, InterruptedandGod’s Problemreveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, and John Dominic Crossan, Ehrman’sForgeddelivers a stunning explication of one of the most substantial—yet least discussed—problems confronting the world of biblical scholarship.

The Untold Story of Forgery in the Bible

InForged, leading Bible authority Bart D. Ehrman exposes one of the most unsettling ironies of the early Christian tradition: the use of deception to establish the truth. With the scholarly expertise and provocative claims for which he's known, Ehrman reveals which texts were forged in the name of Jesus's disciples and considers how the deceptions of an unnamed few have prevailed for centuries. The untold story of widespread forgery in the ancient world sheds new light on how documents of scandalous origin became part of the Bible we have today.