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An erudite history of ‘How We Got the Bible’ that addresses the key issues—historical backgrounds, oral traditions, ancient manuscripts, canon formation, and the books that were left out.
- Traditions of the Bible
Traditions of the Bible is a literary masterpiece. Nuanced...
- Gutenberg Bible
History. The Gutenberg Bible is the first major work printed...
- The Bible As It Was
Leading us chapter by chapter through its most important...
- Find Biblical Texts
Biblical Texts. Fully revised 4th edition. Includes...
- Traditions of the Bible
Jan 3, 1999 · Traditions of the Bible is a literary masterpiece. Nuanced presentations of multiple versions allow the reader to enter into the eddying flow of interpretation that, between the third century BC and the first century AD, eventually produced the Jewish Bible. We are there, in the Temple, in heightened conversation.
History. The Gutenberg Bible is the first major work printed in Europe with movable metal type. The text is St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate version, prepared by biblical scholars of Paris in the 13th century in an effort to produce a consistent and useful Latin text.
Nov 1, 1999 · Leading us chapter by chapter through its most important stories--from the Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and the journey to the Promised Land--James Kugel shows how a group of anonymous, ancient interpreters radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today.
Sep 1, 1990 · An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.
Mar 15, 2023 · Biblical Texts. Fully revised 4th edition. Includes Apocrypha. Twenty versions of the Bible from the tenth to the twentieth century. Texts from the Protestant, Roman Catholic and non-conformist traditions are represented. Bible Gateway offers free access to many Bible translations.
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May 23, 2011 · Volume II presents the Historical Books of the Bible, which tell of Joshua’s leading the Israelites into the Promised Land, the judges and kings, Israel’s steady departure from God’s precepts, the Babylonian Captivity, and the return from exile.
