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Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan''A revelation [and] an intellectual triumph'' Irish Independent''[A] massive achievement'' SpectatorRefreshingly readable'' GuardianThe untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the word of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity.For he past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But the truth is that these individuals did not write alone. In some meaningful ways they did not write at all.Hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of enslaved coauthors and collaborators, almost all of whom go uncredited. They were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament. They took dictation, sometimes editorialising in the process, and polished and refined the final manuscripts. When the Christian message began to move

Gods Ghostwriters

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 1/28/2024
      ISBN-13 9780008612177
      978-0008612177
      ISBN-10 000861217X
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      Book Synopsis
      Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan''A revelation [and] an intellectual triumph'' Irish Independent''[A] massive achievement'' SpectatorRefreshingly readable'' GuardianThe untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the word of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity.For he past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But the truth is that these individuals did not write alone. In some meaningful ways they did not write at all.Hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of enslaved coauthors and collaborators, almost all of whom go uncredited. They were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament. They took dictation, sometimes editorialising in the process, and polished and refined the final manuscripts. When the Christian message began to move

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