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Religious historian and former nun, Karen Armstrong (THE HISTORY OF GOD, THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION) tackles a momentous task in this addition to the Books that Changed the World series--a biography of the Bible, perhaps the most widely read and contested book in print. Armstrong divides her study into eight succinct chapters
(the whole book is less than 200 pages): Torah, Scripture, Gospel, Midrash, Charity, Lecto Divina, Sola Scriptura, and Modernity. She discusses the collection of the many texts that came to make up the Bible, its codification by the religious power-brokers, and its influential proliferation, and she highlights how readings of the Bible have changed from cultural moment to cultural moment, which supports the notion that this is a book that bears multiple interpretations and cannot but be related to its enduring importance.
| Size | | Length: | 302 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[Armstrong] provides an excellent précis on the writing and compiling of the Bible and the ensuing centuries of biblical interpretation....This is one terrific little book."
(07/01/2007)
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