Just about a century after Jesus died, a battle began for the Old Testament - a custody battle, so to speak, over its guardianship, its contents, even over its very right to be called a Christian book. The matters at stake were so fundamental that most modern Catholics don't realize they were ever disputed - and yet the outcome was so critical that it continues to affect every part of our Christian journey on a daily basis.
In Scripture Wars, author Rod Bennett examines the questions which gave rise to Christianity's first two important splinter groups - the equal-and-opposite heresies of the Judaizers and the Marcionites.
