Anna Scott
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Certainly if you're interested in manuscripts, variants, authorship of the original writings, etc., you should read someone who is (1) actually a good scholar and (2) a Christian.
Christians can put a spin on scholarship, too. For example, I found the same New Testament manuscript variants discussed in multiple books, some by Christian authors, some Jewish, etc. I noticed Christian authors tended to make excuses for intentional changes by scribes, such as saying the scribes thought they were trying to help the Christian message. I would say there is no good excuse for altering Holy Scripture.
It's still happening today with amplified Bibles (one example,) in which commentary is inserted into the main body of text. It's easy for the reader to forget the commentary isn't part of the original text.
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