Bible A Biography

Name: Bible A Biography
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ISBN: 9780871139696

ISBN-10: 0871139693

ISBN-13: 9780871139696

Edition: 2007

Authors: Karen Armstrong

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As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world's largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. The Bible is also the world's most widely distributed book. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years. It remains the best-selling book in the United States, year after year, with at least twenty-five million copies sold in 2005 alone. But the Bible is a complex work with a complicated and obscure history. Made up of sixty-six "books" written by various authors and divided into two testaments, its contents have changed over the…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Karen Armstrong is one of the foremost commentators on religious affairs in both Britain and the United States. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and received a degree at Oxford University.



Introduction



Torah



Scripture



Gospel



Midrash



Charity



Lectio Divina



Sola Scriptura



Modernity


Epilogue


Glossary of Key Terms


Notes


Index