Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages
No book has been more pored over, has been the subject of more commentary & controversy, or had more influence not only on religious beliefs but also on our culture & language. No book has been as widely read. But how did the bible become the book we know? Pelikan takes readers thru the book’s evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations & languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts & its appearance in Greek, then Latin, he explores the canonization of different bibles & why certain books were adopted by certain sects, as well as the development of the printing press, the translation into modern languages & varying schools of critical scholarship. Both a work of scholarship & a fascinating read, Whose Bible Is It? will be welcomed by the many fans of Elaine Pagels’s books & Adam Nicolson’s God’s Secretaries.
Preface
The Bible, the whole Bible & nothing but the Bible?
The God who speaks
The truth in Hebrew-
Moses speaking Greek
Beyond written Torah: Talmud & continuing revelation
The law & the prophets fulfilled
Formation of a second Testament
The peoples of the Book
Back to the sources
The Bible only
The Canon & the critics
A message for the whole human race
The strange new world within the Bible
Alternative canons of the Tanakh/Old Testament
New Testament
Notes & Further Reading
- Author
- Jaroslav Pelikan
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Viking (NY)
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780670033850
- Genres
- religion, history, theology, christianity, christian, scripture, judaism, spirituality
- Release date
- 2005
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