Rise and Fall of the Bible The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book

Name: Rise and Fall of the Bible The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
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ISBN: 9780151013586

ISBN-10: 0151013586

ISBN-13: 9780151013586

Edition: 2011

Authors: Timothy Beal

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In this revelatory exploration of one of our most revered icons, a critically acclaimed author and professor takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible's sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and Book of books. Among his surprising insights: Christianity thrived for centuries without any Biblethere was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all.…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 2/16/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792




The End of the Word as We Know it: A Personal Introduction


Magic 8 Ball Bible


The Rise of a Cultural Icon


The Way of Salvation


So Long, Judas


The Course of This Book


My Utmost, Revisited



The Greatest Story Ever Sold


Sodom and Gomorrah Equals Love


Biblical Consumerism


Expectations of Biblical Proportions


By Whose Authority?



Biblical Values


Felt Needs


Values Added


Finding Your Niche


Necessary Supplements


If That's What It Means, Why Doesn't It Say So?


Manga Bibles


A Different Cookie



Twilight of The Idol


The Evangelical Dilemma


Selling Out


Type's Setting


Distress Crop


Behold Your God



What Would Jesus Read?


Jesus Sings


Christianity Before the Bible


No Original


No Canon


Early Christian Network Society



The Story of the Good Book


Remembering What's Lost


Scrolling Down to the Book


Scattered Throughout the Whole World


After Gutenberg


Multiplying the Leaves


Lost in Translations


Not a Rock but a River



Library of Questions


Mark Twain's Drugstore


Letting Suffering Speak


Trials of God


Weak Rope Theory


Is the Bible a Failure?


Faith in Ambiguity


Nothing but a Burning Light


The Bible by the Side of the Road



And I Feel Fine


Cracking the Binding


Loose Canon


Back to the Future


Living Conversations


Seeds to Go Around


Word Without End


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index