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Whose Bible is it? : a history of the Scriptures through the ages, Jaroslav Pelikán
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The item Whose Bible is it? : a history of the Scriptures through the ages, Jaroslav Pelikán represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- Summary
- A grand history of the Bible written by a major historian of theology, Pelikan takes the reader through the Bible's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various configurations and translations. 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 or rejected by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, translation into modern languages, and the varying schools of critical scholarship
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible?
- The God who speaks
- The truth in Hebrew
- Moses speaking Greek
- Beyond written Torah : Talmud and continuing revelation
- The law and the prophets fulfilled
- Formation of a second Testament
- The peoples of the Book
- Back to the sources
- The Bible only
- The Canon and the critics
- A message for the whole human race
- The strange new world within the Bible
- Afterword
- Label
- Whose Bible is it? : a history of the Scriptures through the ages
- Title
- Whose Bible is it?
- Title remainder
- a history of the Scriptures through the ages
- Statement of responsibility
- Jaroslav Pelikán
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A grand history of the Bible written by a major historian of theology, Pelikan takes the reader through the Bible's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various configurations and translations. 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 or rejected by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, translation into modern languages, and the varying schools of critical scholarship
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1923-2006
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pelikan, Jaroslav
- Dewey number
- 220/.09
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BS445
- LC item number
- .P46 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bijbel
- Bijbelvertalingen
- Canon
- Tekstgeschiedenis
- Receptie
- Label
- Whose Bible is it? : a history of the Scriptures through the ages, Jaroslav Pelikán
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274)
- Contents
- Introduction : The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible? -- The God who speaks -- The truth in Hebrew -- Moses speaking Greek -- Beyond written Torah : Talmud and continuing revelation -- The law and the prophets fulfilled -- Formation of a second Testament -- The peoples of the Book -- Back to the sources -- The Bible only -- The Canon and the critics -- A message for the whole human race -- The strange new world within the Bible -- Afterword
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036966765
- Label
- Whose Bible is it? : a history of the Scriptures through the ages, Jaroslav Pelikán
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274)
- Contents
- Introduction : The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible? -- The God who speaks -- The truth in Hebrew -- Moses speaking Greek -- Beyond written Torah : Talmud and continuing revelation -- The law and the prophets fulfilled -- Formation of a second Testament -- The peoples of the Book -- Back to the sources -- The Bible only -- The Canon and the critics -- A message for the whole human race -- The strange new world within the Bible -- Afterword
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036966765
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