The Bible A Biography |
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| Author:
| Armstrong, Karen
Freely, Maureen |
| Series title: | Books That Changed the World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59415-263-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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In this seminal account, acclaimed historian Karen Armstrong discusses the conception, gestation and life of history's most powerful book. She analyzes the climate in which oral history's most powerful book. She analyzes the climate in which oral history turned into written scripture, how this scripture was collected into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text. This is a brilliant, captivating book, crucial in an age of declining faith and rising fundamentalism.
In this seminal account, acclaimed historian Karen Armstrong discusses the conception, gestation and life of history's most powerful book. She analyzes the climate in which oral history's most powerful book. She analyzes the climate in which oral history turned into written scripture, how this scripture was collected into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text. This is a brilliant, captivating book, crucial in an age of declining faith and rising fundamentalism.