
Is the Gospel of John a Forgery?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
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The Forgery of the Catholic Bible
The term forgery is used to refer to an author who presents himself as someone other than who he is. Author might put a pseudonym on his text of actually taking on a false name. An author can also go ahead and at least imply that he is someone else while falling short of directly identifying himself. A great example is the wisdom of Solomon, this forgery that now forms part of the Catholic Bible. It never claims directly to be written by Solomon in its actual text.
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