God’s Ghostwriters
Candida Moss
God’s Ghostwriters
Candida Moss
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‘In God’s Ghostwriters, Candida Moss takes this story much further, foregrounding the contribution of enslaved people to the very generation of Christian scripture itself in a tour de force that will be a revelation to many… But this, in essence, is what makes her book such an intellectual triumph – it encourages us to think of the New Testament in particular, and early Christian writing in general, in provocatively exciting new ways. It also expands our notion of what constitutes a family of “authors” and expertly guides our eyes to see authors previously unseen.’ Irish Independent
‘[Moss’s] massive achievement is to shift the paradigm and tell the early Christian story (as far as is possible) from the perspective of the enslaved. This ought not to challenge the faithful reader. “Divine identity”, she reminds us, “is incompatible with enslavement only if one thinks that enslaved people are less valuable than other people.”’ Spectator
‘Erudite [… and] innovative’ Publishers Weekly
‘At once eminently readable and rigorously researched, God’s Ghostwriters cements Candida Moss as the most compelling voice in Biblical scholarship. The role of enslaved people in the writing and dissemination of the gospels has been ignored for far too long' Reza Aslan, New York Times bestselling author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
‘A fascinating and beautifully written book. Candida Moss makes the invisible hands that wrote the Bible visible. She writes with a depth of scholarship and a lightness of touch that make this book both powerful and compelling’ Catherine Nixey, author of The Darkening Age
‘A lucid, convincing, and deceptively transgressive book, God’s Ghostwriters gives the unfree a rightful place in history’ Rev. Jarel Robinson-Brown, author of Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer
Candida Moss is Edward Cadbury Chair of Theology at the University of Birmingham, prior to which she taught for almost a decade at the University of Notre Dame. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford and a MA and PhD from Yale University.
The award-winning author or co-author of seven books, she has also served as Papal News Commentator for CBS News and writes a column for The Daily Beast. She has written for and had her work reported on in the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Guardian, New Scientist, BBC.com, CNN.com, POLITICO, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Daily Mail, and Le Monde.
In addition to regularly commenting on religious affairs for CBS, Dr Moss has also served as an on-air expert for CNN and Fox News, and appeared in documentaries for CNN, NBC, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Channel and the BBC. She lives in New York.