Jesus Before The Gospels by Bart D. Ehrman
How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
Examines how stories about Jesus circulated orally for decades before being written down and how the quirks of human and collective memory influenced what was preserved, altered, or invented. Drawing on psychology, anthropology, and memory studies, it explains why eyewitness testimony can be unreliable and how communities shape narratives to meet present needs. The result is a reassessment of the Gospels’ historical reliability and a clearer picture of how cherished traditions emerge and evolve.
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- 2016
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