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The Biography of the Bible

Ernest Sutherland Bates

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Description:This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 5.000 words about the history and evolution of the book we call 'The Bible'* an interactive table-of-contents* perfect formatting for electronic reading devices (e.g. no more annoying page numbers in the text)A great book is a living organism. Months, years, or centuries may go into its gestation. When finally composed and written down, it can be said to be born, but only born. It then grows and develops through the interpretations of generation after generation of readers, critics, editors, and translators, each adding something, great or little, to its expanding magnitude. The life of the Bible, above all other books, is a life made up of countless lives, embodying their joys and agonies, their visions, their defeats and aspirations. Four thousand years cling about it. A full millennium of myths and legends passed into it; another millennium was consumed in the writing; bitter battles over canon and creed occupied a third; a fourth has seen the ever-continuing translations into modern tongues.Contents:ONE - General CharacterTWO - The AuthorsTHREE - The Conflict over Creed and CanonFOUR - The Bible under MedievalismFIVE - The Great TranslationsSIX - The Higher CriticismSEVEN - The Bible and the Stream of LifeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Biography of the Bible. To get started finding The Biography of the Bible, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 5.000 words about the history and evolution of the book we call 'The Bible'* an interactive table-of-contents* perfect formatting for electronic reading devices (e.g. no more annoying page numbers in the text)A great book is a living organism. Months, years, or centuries may go into its gestation. When finally composed and written down, it can be said to be born, but only born. It then grows and develops through the interpretations of generation after generation of readers, critics, editors, and translators, each adding something, great or little, to its expanding magnitude. The life of the Bible, above all other books, is a life made up of countless lives, embodying their joys and agonies, their visions, their defeats and aspirations. Four thousand years cling about it. A full millennium of myths and legends passed into it; another millennium was consumed in the writing; bitter battles over canon and creed occupied a third; a fourth has seen the ever-continuing translations into modern tongues.Contents:ONE - General CharacterTWO - The AuthorsTHREE - The Conflict over Creed and CanonFOUR - The Bible under MedievalismFIVE - The Great TranslationsSIX - The Higher CriticismSEVEN - The Bible and the Stream of LifeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Biography of the Bible. To get started finding The Biography of the Bible, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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