Provisional cover of Misquoting Moses by Robert Rezetko, incorporating a detail from the Great Isaiah Scroll
Provisional cover · Great Isaiah Scroll, 1QIsaa, col. LI

Robert Rezetko

Forthcoming

MisquotingMoses

The Problem of the Old Testament’s Words,
and Why It Matters

Claims of biblical inerrancy rest on the premise that Scripture’s original words were without error. But what, exactly, were those words?

Drawing on the historical, literary, textual, and linguistic formation of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Misquoting Moses examines the long processes of composition, revision, and copying that stand between ancient traditions and the texts read today. Written by a Hebrew Bible scholar whose work grew from sustained engagement with evangelical institutions and inerrancy, the book asks whether conventional evangelical accounts can adequately describe the Old Testament as it actually developed and survives.

Project & title history

A work developed over time

The project originated in 2008. The unpublished work titled Misquoting Moses was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2015.

Evangelicalism & Scripture

A related volume

Misusing Scripture: What Are Evangelicals Doing with the Bible?

Co-edited by Robert Rezetko, this volume examines closely related questions about evangelical uses of the Bible.

© Robert Rezetko · Misquoting Moses

Cover image: detail from the Great Isaiah Scroll MS A (1QIsa), Wikimedia Commons. The source page identifies the work and its faithful photographic reproduction as public domain in the United States and marks the file with the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.