title: Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
author:  Bart D. Ehrman 
description: The evocative title tells it all and hints at the tone of sensationalism that pervades this book. Those familiar with the earlier work of Ehrman, a distinguished professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and author of more than 20 books including Misquoting Jesus, will not be surprised at the content of this one. Written in a manner accessible to nonspecialists, Ehrman argues that many books of the New Testament are not simply written by people other than the ones to whom they are attributed, but that they are deliberate forgeries. The word itself connotes scandal and crime, and&nbsp;it appears on nearly every page. Indeed, this book takes on an idea widely accepted by biblical scholars: that writing in someone else's name was common practice and perfectly okay in ancient times. Ehrman argues that it was not even then&nbsp;considered acceptable&mdash;hence, a forgery. While many readers may wish for more evidence of&nbsp;the charge, Ehrman's introduction to the arguments and debates among different religious communities during the first few centuries and among&nbsp;the early Christians themselves, though not the book's main point, is especially valuable. (Apr.) <BR>(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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  Pet Sematary
  
  Stephen King  
  
  
  
  
  
  Here are some people who have written books, telling what they did and why
  they did those things:
  
    
  
  John Dean. Henry Kissinger. Adolph Hitler. Caryl Chessman. Jeb Magruder.
  Napoleon. Talleyrand. Disraeli. Robert Zimmerman, also known as Bob Dylan.
  Locke. Charlton Heston. Errol Flynn. The Ayatollah Khomeini. Gandhi. Charles
  Olson. Charles Colson. A Victorian Gentleman. Dr. X.
  
  Most people also believe that God has written a Book, or Books, telling what
  He did and why-at least to a degree-He did those things, and since most of
  these people also believe that humans were made in the image of God, then He
  also may be regarded as a person or, mare properly, as a Person.
  
  Here are some people who have not written books, telling what they did and
  what they saw:
  
  The man who buried Hitler. The man who performed the autopsy on John Wilkes
  Booth. The man who embalmed Elvis Presley. The man who embalmed-badly, most
  undertakers say- Pope John XXIII. The twos