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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.

Bible. --- Criticism, Textual.

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Bible --- Criticism, Textual --- Language, style --- 223.2 --- Job. Hiob --- Bible. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Language, style. --- Bible. O.T. Job XXI-XXVII --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Criticism [Textual ]

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Amos --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Criticism, Textual --- Criticism, redaction --- 224.63 --- 224.63 Amos --- Amos, --- עמוס --- Bible. --- Amos (Book of the Old Testament) --- Amosŭ (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Criticism, Redaction. --- Biblia --- Amos - (Biblical prophet)

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Efforts at interpreting Joban poetry have often been divided between philological and literary critics. This study brings these two critical modes together to offer an account of how Job 28 achieves meaning. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is a reading of the poem with special attention to the conceptual background of its metaphors. Rather than a poetic account of mining technology, Job 28 is properly understood against the heroic deeds of ancient Mesopotamian kings described in Sumerian and Akkadian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second major section is a thorough philological and textual commentary in which comparative philological and text-critical methods are complemented by an aesthetic rationale for restoring the text of the poem as a work of art. The study reveals a multileveled and image-driven masterpiece whose complexity impacts how one reads Job 28 as poetry and theology.

Hebrew poetry, Biblical --- History and criticism. --- Bible. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Language, style. --- 223.2 --- History and criticism --- Job. Hiob --- Bible --- Criticism, Textual --- Language, style --- Hebrew poetry, Biblical - History and criticism --- Book of Job. --- Gilgamesh Epic. --- Old Testament. --- Wisdom Literature.

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Plagues of Egypt. --- Bible. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Academic collection --- 222.3 --- Exodus. Leviticus. Numeri --- Plagues of Egypt --- Egyptian plagues --- Ten plagues of Egypt --- Theodicy