文档介绍：Misquoting
Jesus
The Story Behind Who
Changed the Bible and Why
Bart
To Bruce M. Metzger
Contents
Acknowledgments
v
introduction
1
1
the beginnings of christian scripture
17
2
the copyists of the early
christian writings
45
3
texts of the new testament
Editions, Manuscripts, and Differences
71
iv contents
4
the quest for origins
Methods and Discoveries
101
5
originals that matter
127
6
theologically motivated alterations
of the text
151
7
the social worlds of the text
177
conclusion:
changing scripture
Scribes, Authors, and Readers
207
Notes
219
Index
229
About the Author
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher
Acknowledgments
I owe a debt of gratitude to four keen and careful scholars who have
read my manuscript and suggested (occasionally urged and pleaded
for) changes: Kim Haines-Eitzen of Cornell University; Michael W.
Holmes of Bethel College in Minnesota; Jeffrey Siker of Loyola Mary-
mount University; and my wife, Sarah Beckwith, a medieval scholar
at Duke University. The scholarly world would be a happier place if
all authors had readers such as these.
Thanks are also due to the editors at Harper San Francisco: John
Loudon, for encouraging the project and signing it up; Mickey Maudlin,
for bringing it home pletion; and above all Roger Freet, for a
careful reading of the text and ments.
Translations of biblical texts, unless otherwise indicated, are my own.
I have dedicated this book to my mentor and “Doctor-Father,”
Bruce M. Metzger, who taught me the field and continues to inspire
me in my work.
Introduction
ore than almost anything I’ve ever written about, the subject
Mof this book has been on my mind for the past thirty years,
since I was in my late teens and just beginning my study of the New
Testament. Because it has been a part of me for so long, I thought I
should begin by giving a personal account of why this material has
b