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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

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 288
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780670033850
  • Genres
  • religion, history, theology, christianity, christian, scripture, judaism, spirituality
  • Release date
  • 2005