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A History of the Bible: The Book and its Faiths
The Bible is the central book in Western culture, yet extraordinarily there is no proper history of it. This exceptional work, by one of the world's leading Biblical scholars, provides a full account of how the different parts of the Bible came to be written; how some writings which were regard...
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London
Allen Lane / Penguin Books
2019
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The bible today
- Part one. The old testament: 1. Ancient Israel: History and language ; 2. Hebrew narrative ; 3. Law and wisdom ; 4. Prophecy ; 5. Poems and psalms
- Part two. The new testament: 6. Christian beginnings ; 7. Letters ; 8. Gospels
- Part three. The bible and its texts: 9. From books to scripture ; 10. Christians and their books ; 11. Official and unofficial texts ; 12. Biblical manuscripts
- Part four. The meaning of the bible: 13. The theme of the bible ; 14. Rabbis and church fathers ; 15. The middle ages ; 16. The reformation and its readings ; 17. Since the enlightenment ; 18. Translating the bible
- Conclusion: The bible and faith.