The Bible : a history : the making and impact of the Bible /: a history : the making and impact of the Bible. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen M. Miller, Robert V. Huber.
• Authors: Miller, Stephen M, 1952-; Huber, Robert V
• Contents: Contents ; Introduction 10; The Old Testament Takes Shape By Word of Mouth 14; First Writings 17; Writing Hebrew 20; Moses Gives the Law 24; Papyrus: Paper from the Nile 28; David and His Royal Writers 31; Psalms: Israel’s Hymn Book 34; Bible Poems 38; Sources of the Pentateuch 42; Shaping the Pentateuch 45; Prophets and Scribes 49; Unflattering History 52; History with a Viewpoint 55; Later Prophecies and History 59; Evidence Supporting the Bible 62; Lost Books of the Bible 66; Writings: Last But Not Least 70; Jewish Worship and the Bible 73; The First Bible Translation 76; Philo of Alexandria 82; Settling the Jewish Bible 85; The Books That Did Not Make It 91; Josephus, Jewish Historian 95; Scripture in Jesus’ Language 98; The New Testament Takes Shape; Spreading the Good News 102; Paul’s Letters to the Gentiles 106; First-Century Letter Writing 110; Writing Down the Good News 114; Matthew and Luke Follow Mark 118; The Fourth Gospel 122; Letters Not Written by Paul 126; The Apostolic Fathers 130; Unwanted Gnostic Gospels 134; The Bible in Early Worship 138; From Scroll to Book 142; The First Study Bible 148; Quest for a Christian Bible 152; Settling the New Testament 156; The ‘Almost’ Scriptures 162; Popular Christian Writings 166; Ways of Reading the Bible 170; The Bible in a Rapidly Growing Church Jerome the Fiery Scholar 176; Jerome’s Latin Bible 179; Augustine and the Bible 182; Pilgrimages to the Holy Land 186; Writing Down the Spoken Law 190; Clarifying the Hebrew Bible 194; A Bible for Warriors 198; The Bible Goes East 201<br />Mystics, Monks and the Bible 205; Life as a Monastic Scribe 209; Illuminating a Manuscript 213; Luxury Bible Covers 218; The Bible Comes to Britain 220; Irish Monks Make Their Mark 224; Bibles for Europe 228; Medieval Worship 232; The Bible in Plays 236; The Bible Goes to College 240; Francis, a Living Gospel 244; End-Time Fever 248; A King’s Bible 252; Blockbooks Printed from Wood 255; The Book of the Reformation Wycliffe and His Bible 260; Bible Heretics 264; The Christian Renaissance 268; The Bible Goes to Press 272; Beyond Gutenberg 276; Luther and His Bible 279; Polyglot Bibles 285; Tyndale – Fugitive Translator 289; More Reformation-Era Bibles 293; A Catholic Response 297; Bibles from Exile 301; King James Version 305; Reflections in Poetry 311; Bibles in the New World 315; The Bible in the Modern World Enlightenment Dims the Bible 320; Nineteenth-Century Bibles 324; The Bible Heads Far East 329; Bibles in the South Pacific 333; Bibles Come to Africa 337; The Bible and Slavery 341; Doomsday Specialists 345; Bible Societies Worldwide 350; Wycliffe Bible Translators 354; Digging Up the Past 358; Biblical Criticism Emerges 362; Critics Get Back to Basics 366; Writers and Revisers at Work 370; Biblical Scholarship Today 374; The Bible as Literature 378; The Dead Sea Scrolls 382; In Search of a Reliable Text 386; Recent European Translations 390; Popular Bibles in English 394; Comparing Modern Translations 399; Ways to Translate the Bible 404; Specialized Bibles Today 408; The Bible in Literature 412; The Bible in Moving Images 417; Using and Abusing the Bible 422; Bible Trivia and Oddities 426; Epilogue 429; Bibliography 431; Index 437
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Lion
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 220.09
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780745970332
• Related ISBNs: 9780745970325
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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