{"product_id":"the-bible-a-history-9780745970325","title":"The Bible A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe making and history of the use of the Bible from leading author\/editor team Stephen Miller and Robert Huber, now in a text only edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“... Huber and Miller present a wonderful history of the development and impact of the Bible.” -- Mick Stainson * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating account... this is a book to educate, to inspire and to be enjoyed.” * Publishing News *\u003cbr\u003e“A superb book... I cannot praise this book too much.” * Church Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 10\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Testament Takes Shape By Word of Mouth 14\u003cbr\u003eFirst Writings 17\u003cbr\u003eWriting Hebrew 20\u003cbr\u003eMoses Gives the Law 24\u003cbr\u003ePapyrus: Paper from the Nile 28\u003cbr\u003eDavid and His Royal Writers 31\u003cbr\u003ePsalms: Israel’s Hymn Book 34\u003cbr\u003eBible Poems 38\u003cbr\u003eSources of the Pentateuch 42\u003cbr\u003eShaping the Pentateuch 45\u003cbr\u003eProphets and Scribes 49\u003cbr\u003eUnflattering History 52\u003cbr\u003eHistory with a Viewpoint 55\u003cbr\u003eLater Prophecies and History 59\u003cbr\u003eEvidence Supporting the Bible 62\u003cbr\u003eLost Books of the Bible 66\u003cbr\u003eWritings: Last But Not Least 70\u003cbr\u003eJewish Worship and the Bible 73\u003cbr\u003eThe First Bible Translation 76\u003cbr\u003ePhilo of Alexandria 82\u003cbr\u003eSettling the Jewish Bible 85\u003cbr\u003eThe Books That Did Not Make It 91\u003cbr\u003eJosephus, Jewish Historian 95\u003cbr\u003eScripture in Jesus’ Language 98\u003cbr\u003eThe New Testament Takes Shape\u003cbr\u003eSpreading the Good News 102\u003cbr\u003ePaul’s Letters to the Gentiles 106\u003cbr\u003eFirst-Century Letter Writing 110\u003cbr\u003eWriting Down the Good News 114\u003cbr\u003eMatthew and Luke Follow Mark 118\u003cbr\u003eThe Fourth Gospel 122\u003cbr\u003eLetters Not Written by Paul 126\u003cbr\u003eThe Apostolic Fathers 130\u003cbr\u003eUnwanted Gnostic Gospels 134\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in Early Worship 138\u003cbr\u003eFrom Scroll to Book 142\u003cbr\u003eThe First Study Bible 148\u003cbr\u003eQuest for a Christian Bible 152\u003cbr\u003eSettling the New Testament 156\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘Almost’ Scriptures 162\u003cbr\u003ePopular Christian Writings 166\u003cbr\u003eWays of Reading the Bible 170\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in a Rapidly Growing Church Jerome the Fiery Scholar 176\u003cbr\u003eJerome’s Latin Bible 179\u003cbr\u003eAugustine and the Bible 182\u003cbr\u003ePilgrimages to the Holy Land 186\u003cbr\u003eWriting Down the Spoken Law 190\u003cbr\u003eClarifying the Hebrew Bible 194\u003cbr\u003eA Bible for Warriors 198\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible Goes East 201\u003cbr\u003eMystics, Monks and the Bible 205\u003cbr\u003eLife as a Monastic Scribe 209\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating a Manuscript 213\u003cbr\u003eLuxury Bible Covers 218\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible Comes to Britain 220\u003cbr\u003eIrish Monks Make Their Mark 224\u003cbr\u003eBibles for Europe 228\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Worship 232\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in Plays 236\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible Goes to College 240\u003cbr\u003eFrancis, a Living Gospel 244\u003cbr\u003eEnd-Time Fever 248\u003cbr\u003eA King’s Bible 252\u003cbr\u003eBlockbooks Printed from Wood 255\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of the Reformation Wycliffe and His Bible 260\u003cbr\u003eBible Heretics 264\u003cbr\u003eThe Christian Renaissance 268\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible Goes to Press 272\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Gutenberg 276\u003cbr\u003eLuther and His Bible 279\u003cbr\u003ePolyglot Bibles 285\u003cbr\u003eTyndale – Fugitive Translator 289\u003cbr\u003eMore Reformation-Era Bibles 293\u003cbr\u003eA Catholic Response 297\u003cbr\u003eBibles from Exile 301\u003cbr\u003eKing James Version 305\u003cbr\u003eReflections in Poetry 311\u003cbr\u003eBibles in the New World 315\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in the Modern World Enlightenment Dims the Bible 320\u003cbr\u003eNineteenth-Century Bibles 324\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible Heads Far East 329\u003cbr\u003eBibles in the South Pacific 333\u003cbr\u003eBibles Come to Africa 337\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible and Slavery 341\u003cbr\u003eDoomsday Specialists 345\u003cbr\u003eBible Societies Worldwide 350\u003cbr\u003eWycliffe Bible Translators 354\u003cbr\u003eDigging Up the Past 358\u003cbr\u003eBiblical Criticism Emerges 362\u003cbr\u003eCritics Get Back to Basics 366\u003cbr\u003eWriters and Revisers at Work 370\u003cbr\u003eBiblical Scholarship Today 374\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible as Literature 378\u003cbr\u003eThe Dead Sea Scrolls 382\u003cbr\u003eIn Search of a Reliable Text 386\u003cbr\u003eRecent European Translations 390\u003cbr\u003ePopular Bibles in English 394\u003cbr\u003eComparing Modern Translations 399\u003cbr\u003eWays to Translate the Bible 404\u003cbr\u003eSpecialized Bibles Today 408\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in Literature 412\u003cbr\u003eThe Bible in Moving Images 417\u003cbr\u003eUsing and Abusing the Bible 422\u003cbr\u003eBible Trivia and Oddities 426\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue 429\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 431\u003cbr\u003eIndex 437\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPCK Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default 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