The Educated Person's Thumbnail Introduction to the Bible,9780827208100

The Educated Person's Thumbnail Introduction to the Bible

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ISBN13: 9780827208100
ISBN10: 0827208103
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Chalice Pr
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Summary

A fact-filled resource takes you on a whirlwind tour of various versions of the Bible with side trips to the Talmud, the Torah, and the Qur'an.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
1. There Are Bibles
1(15)
2. Where Did These Books Come From?
16(13)
3. What It Really Says: The Text of the Bible
29(10)
4. All These Numbers
39(10)
5. What It Really Really Says: The Meaning of a Text Through Time
49(11)
6. Some Thoughts about Translating
60(12)
7. Authority and Bible Reading
72(14)
8. On Time and History
86(14)
9. Twice-Told-Tales
100(12)
10. The Bible and Liturgy
112(12)
11. What "Modern" Biblical Studies Do
124(13)
12. The Bible and the Qur'an
137(13)
13. Twenty Bible Scholars Everyone Should Know
150

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