TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moss,Candida
TI  - God's ghostwriters: enslaved Christians and the making of the Bible 
SN  - 9780316564670
AV  - M913G .M677 2024
U1  - M913G 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Bible
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Scribes
KW  - Rome
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Transmission of texts
N1  - 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
N2  - "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." --
ER  -