A history of the Bible : the story of the world's most influential book
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- ISBN: 9780525428770
- ISBN: 0525428771
- ISBN: 9780698191587
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xix, 613 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: [New York] : Viking, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : The Bible today -- The Old Testament. Ancient Israel : history and language ; Hebrew narrative ; Law and wisdom ; Prophecy ; Poems and psalms -- The New Testament. Christian beginnings ; Letters ; Gospels -- The Bible and its texts. From books to scripture ; Christians and their books ; Official and unofficial texts ; Biblical manuscripts -- The meanings of the Bible. The theme of the Bible ; Rabbis and church fathers ; The middle ages ; The reformation and its readings ; Since the enlightenment ; Translating the Bible -- Conclusion : The Bible and faith. |
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Genre: | Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Trivia and miscellanea. |
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A History of the Bible : The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
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A History of the Bible : The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
John Barton is a theologian who served as the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford in England for twenty-three years, and has been a serving priest in the Church of England since 1973. He has studied and taught the Bible throughout his academic career, and has written many books on it, including Ethics in Ancient Israel and The Bible: The Basics . He is the editor in chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. He lives in Abingdon, United Kingdom.