For centuries scribes copied the Greek manuscripts that eventually became the Bible. Ted Chen talks with renowned religion scholar, Bart Ehrman, about his new book, Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why. After years of studying the surviving manuscripts, Ehrman found that the scribes were so deeply influenced by the cultural, theological, and political disputes of their day that they altered the texts of the Bible. The result, he argues, is that in some instances, the discrepancies profoundly affect religious doctrine.
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