Dalam Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman menyingkapi bahwa :


- The King James Bible didasarkan atas manuskrip-manuskrip menyimpang dan bermutu


rendah yang sering kali tidak dengan akurat mewakili makna naskah aslinya.


- Kisah Alkitab terkenal mengenai Yesus mengampuni wanita yang ditangkap karena berzina.


( Yohanes 8:3-11 ) asalnya tidak ada di dalam Alkitab.


- Kekeliruan penyalinan begitu sering terjadi pada zaman dahulu sehingga penulis Kitab


Wahyu mengatakan bahwa siapa pun yang 'menambahkan' atau 'mengurangi' kata-kata


dalam naskah Alkitab akan kena kutuk.


Daftar Isi





Asal Mula Alkitab Kristen�������1


Para Penyalin Tulisan-ulisan Kristen Masa Awal������35


Naskah-Naskah Perjanjian Baru���������..69


Pencarian Asal-Usul���������..107


Naskah-Naskah Asli Yang Penting�������..139


Pengubahan yang Dimotivasi Keperyaan Teologis������171


Lingkungan Sosial Penyalinan��������207








When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts, making the original words difficult to reconstruct. Ehrman reveals where and why these changes were made and how scholars go about reconstructing the original words of the New Testament as closely as possible. He makes the provocative case that many of our cherished biblical stories and beliefs stem from both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes--alterations that dramatically affected subsequent versions.--From publisher description.