Interpolations in the Bible

How did the biblical texts become the books we read today?In Interpolations in the Bible, Ángel Duarte Martínez examines 59 passages across the Pentateuch, Historical Books, wisdom writings, the Prophets, and the New Testament. Each case asks what the evidence shows about composition, editing, and manuscript transmission—and where the evidence leaves room for debate.Why does Mark have a longer ending in many Bibles? What does the manuscript history of the woman caught in adultery reveal? How should readers assess differences between parallel accounts? The book approaches these questions with careful distinctions: a change in a copied manuscript is not the same thing as an earlier stage in a book's composition, and an unusual passage is not automatically an interpolation.Written for theology students, pastors, teachers, and thoughtful readers, this accessible study includes 26 comparison tables, a glossary, and a 70-question review section. It offers a way to follow the evidence while taking seriously the biblical texts and the communities that have read them.