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Author:

Armstrong, Karen, 1944-

Title:

The Bible : a biography / Karen Armstrong.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Group West,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

302 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Bible--History.
Bible--Influence.
Bijbel.
Exegese
Jodendom.
Christendom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-277) and indexes.

Contents:

Index. 8. Torah -- 2. Scripture -- 3. Gospel -- 4. Midrash -- 5. Charity -- 6. Lectio divina -- 7. Sola scriptura -- 8. Modernity -- Epilogue -- Glossary of key terms -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

Religious historian Armstrong discusses the conception, gestation, life, and afterlife of history's most powerful book. Armstrong analyzes the social and political situation in which oral history turned into written scripture, how this all-pervasive scripture was collected into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text. She explores how "as the pragmatic scientific ethos of modernity took hold, scripture was read for the information that it imparted" and how, in the nineteenth century, historical criticism of the Bible caused greater fear than Darwinism.--From publisher description.

Series:

Books that changed the world series

ISBN:

9780871139696
0871139693

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173847668

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PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

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WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

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