Thread: What is a "Book" now?
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Old 09-06-2016, 01:52 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by barryem View Post
I'm not sure that it's fair to say that audiobooks are like books passed on orally like those of Homer. Those must have constantly changed and evolved over time. Even written books did that before the printing press. Dr. Bart Ehrman's book "Misquoting Jesus" is all about how that happened in the New Testament. As it was being copied by hand before the printing press more and more things were added and changed.

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You said it better than I ever could. The New Testament is a glaring example of the tradition that you mentioned.
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