02895cam a2200457 i 4500 1389606739 OCoLC 20241021102819.0 ta 230709t20242024nyuab b 001 0 eng d 2024402030 9780316564670 0316564672 YDX eng rda YDX BDX OCLCO AZH FLW ZQP WC4 OCLCO SLV JCX OCLCO CLE MIPRT VP@ MWD DLC VVC OCLCO JQM TOL UtOrBLW ff----- M913G .M677 2024 M913G Moss, Candida, 1978- author 187 God's ghostwriters : enslaved Christians and the making of the Bible / Candida Moss First edition New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024 ©2024 ix, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent cartographic image cri rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-303) and index Invisible hands: Essential workers -- Paul and his secretaries -- Rereading the story of Jesus -- Messengers and craftsmen: Messengers of God -- Curators of the word -- The faces of the gospel -- Legacies: The faithful Christian -- Punishing the disobedient -- Epilogue "For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. But hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of unnamed, enslaved coauthors and collaborators. These essential workers were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament: making the parchment on which the texts were written, taking dictation, and refining the words of the apostles. And as the Christian message grew in influence, it was enslaved missionaries who undertook the arduous journey across the Mediterranean and along dusty roads to move Christianity to Rome, Spain, and North Africa--and into the pages of history. The impact of these enslaved contributors on the spread of Christianity, the development of foundational Christian concepts, and the making of the Bible was enormous, yet their role has been almost entirely overlooked until now." -- Provided by publisher Jesus Christ 188 Bible. New Testament Authorship 189 Scribes Rome 190 Slavery Religious aspects Christianity 191 Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 192 Slavery Religious aspects History To 1500 193 Transmission of texts Rome 194 Church history 149 ddc BK 11180 11180 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2024-10-21 0 225.1 M913G 013092 2024-10-21 10:28:44 2024-10-21 BK