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100 1 $aArmstrong, Karen,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81049455
245 14 $aThe Bible :$ba biography /$cKaren Armstrong.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlantic Monthly ;$a[Berkeley, Calif.?] :$bDistributed by Group West,$c2007.
300 $a302 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aBooks that changed the world series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-277) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tTorah -- $g2.$tScripture -- $g3.$tGospel -- $g4.$tMidrash -- $g5.$tCharity -- $g6.$tLectio Divina -- $g7.$tSola Scriptum -- $g8.$tModernity.
520 1 $a"The Bible, the single work at the heart of Christianity, is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is also the world's most widely distributed book, and a perennial best seller. At least twenty-five million copies were sold in the United States 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 centuries. The Bible has been transformed by translation and, through interpretation, has developed manifold meanings to various religions, denominations, and sects. In this informative and engaging 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 turned into written scripture, how this scripture was collected into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text. She explores how scripture came to be read for the information it imparted and how, in the nineteenth century; challenges to the historical accuracy of the Bible caused as much concern as Darwin's theory of evolution. A brilliant and eye-opening book, Armstrong's history of the Bible is crucial in an age of declining faith and rising fundamentalism."--BOOK JACKET.
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630 00 $aBible$xInfluence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013663
830 0 $aBooks that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007034450
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