Listen to the Summary of Bart D. Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The only way to copy a book in the ancient world was to do it by hand, letter by letter, one word at a time. It was a slow, painstaking process, but there was no alternative. Most books were not mass produced, and were instead copied by hand one word at a time...