An Introduction to the Bible
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2014
224 pages
978-1-317-54525-5 (ISBN)
Description
A casual reader enters a bookshop looking for a Bible. However, not all the Bibles on display have the same contents! Some have more books than others, some are study editions, some use gender-free language. How did this come about? This Introduction works back through the processes by which the Bible was written, transmitted, copied and declared to be authoritative by various churches. The following topics are dealt with: What is the Bible?; How Biblical Writers Wrote; The Making of the Old Testament; The Making of the Apocrypha; The Making of the New Testament; The Canon of the Bible; The Study of the Bible; The Use of the Bible in Social, Moral and Political Questions. This updated edition takes account of developments in scholarship since the book was first published in 1999 by Penguin. The original edition has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-54525-5 (9781317545255)
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An Introduction to the Bible
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Person
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Content
Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; 1. What is the Bible?; 2. How Biblical Writers Wrote; 3. The Making of the Old Testament; 4. The Making of the Apocrypha; 5. The Making of the New Testament; 6. The Canon of the Bible; 7. The Study of the Bible; 8. The Use of the Bible; Glossary; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Endnotes
