The Bible: A Global History - Hardcover

Name: The Bible: A Global History - Hardcover
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SKU: 9781541619739
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by Bruce Gordon

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by Bruce Gordon (Author)

"A marvelous work of scholarship and storytelling" (Wall Street Journal), offering a global history of the world's best-known and most influential book

For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus's departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture.

In The Bible, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible's journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided--found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages.

Breathtakingly global in scope, The Bible tells the story of this sacred book through the stories of its many and diverse human encounters, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.

Author Biography

Bruce Gordon is Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School and has an appointment in Yale's department of history. He is the author of the biographies Calvin and Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet, and of a number of other books on the history of Christianity. Raised in Canada, he lives in Vermont.

Number of Pages: 528

Dimensions: 1.8 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

ISBN	9781541619739
Author	Bruce Gordon
Publisher	Basic Books
Genre	Religion & spirituality and History
Format	Hardcover
Published	September 2024
Language	ENG- English
Pages	528
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print