{"product_id":"gods-ghostwriters-candida-moss-9780316564670","title":"God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning biblical scholar, the \"monumental and eye-opening\" story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound (Reza Aslan).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with profound revelations both for what it means to be a Christian and for how we read individual texts themselves, \u003ci\u003eGod's Ghostwriters\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking and rigorously researched book about how enslaved people shaped the Bible, and with it all of Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Candida Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316564672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316564670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Candida Moss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410964902143,"sku":"9780316564670","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f096cc48-052a-4dc7-8c77-88fec4fdba33.jpg?v=1697538426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-ghostwriters-candida-moss-9780316564670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}