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Whose Bible Is It?: A History of
the Scriptures Through the Ages
Author: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
Binding: Hardcover 288 pages
Publisher: Viking Books (March 2005)
ISBN: 0670033855
Price: RM104.95
Synopsis
No book has been more pored over, has
been the subject of more commentary and controversy, or had more influence not
only on our religious beliefs but also on our culture and language than the
Bible. And certainly no book has been as widely read. But how did the Bible
become the book we know it to be?
In this superbly written history, Jaroslav Pelikan takes the reader through the
good book’s evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern
existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest
Hebrew texts and the Bible’s appearance in Greek, then Latin, Pelikan explores
the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adopted by
certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press,
the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical
scholarship.
Both an enduring work of scholarship and a fascinating read, Whose Bible Is It?
will be eagerly welcomed by the many fans of Elaine Pagels’s books and Adam
Nicolson’s God’s Secretaries.
About The Author
Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University
and past president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many books
include the five- volume The Christian Tradition, Jesus Through the Centuries,
and Mary Through the Centuries. He has received the Thomas Jefferson Medal of
the National Endowment for the Humanities and an honorary degree from the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America as well as forty-one other honorary degrees.
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