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Dr John Barton

A History of the Bible Paperback Book

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At a Glance
Compelling historical narrative
Insightful psychological analysis
Traces Bible's evolution
Examines textual origins
Unravels scribal edits
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WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWith emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece. Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths which hold it sacred, it is the bedrock of their religion, a singular authority on what to believe and how to live. For nonbelievers too, it has a commanding status it is one of the great works of world literature, woven to an unparalleled degree into our language and thought.This book tells the story of the Bible, explaining how it came to be constructed and how it has been understood, from its remote beginnings down to the present. John Barton describes how the narratives, laws, proverbs, prophecies, poems and letters which comprise the Bible were written and when, what we know and what we cannot know about their authors and what they might have meant, as well as how these extraordinarily disparate writings relate to each other. His incisive readings shed new light on even the most familiar passages, exposing not only the sources and traditions behind them, but also the busy hands of the scribes and editors who assembled and reshaped them. Untangling the process by which some texts which were regarded as holy, became canonical and were included, and others didnt, Barton demonstrates that the Bible is not the fixed text it is often perceived to be, but the result of a long and intriguing...

SKU: M9780141978505
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Binding: Paperback;640 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: HRAX; Weight: 560 g; Dimensions: 192 x 103 x 28

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