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Also by Bart Ehrman:

Did Jesus Exist?, April 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Jesus, Interrupted, February 2010
Hardcover
Jesus, Interrupted, March 2009
Hardcover
God's Problem, February 2008
Hardcover
Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene, May 2006
Hardcover
Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, March 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Misquoting Jesus, November 2005
Hardcover

JESUS, INTERRUPTED
By: Bart Ehrman

Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)

HarperOne
March 2009
On Sale: March 3, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0061173932
EAN: 9780061173936
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Religion

Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times bestseller 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.

Media Buzz

Colbert Report - April 9, 2009
Fresh Air - NPR - March 4, 2009