02511cam a2200457 i 4500 23494069 BJBSDDR 20251205121203.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 240109s2024 nyuaf rb 001 0 eng 2023056240 9781541619739 (hardcover) 1541619730 (hardcover) 9781541619722 (ebook) 23494069 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc BS 445 G662b 2024 220.09 Gordon, Bruce, 1962- 44778 The Bible : a global history / Bruce Gordon. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2024. viii, 514 pages, 16 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Becoming a book -- Tongues of fire -- Manifestation of the Savior -- Book of life : medieval worlds -- Renaissance and Reformation -- Science and reason -- The King James Bible -- The Transatlantic Bible -- The American Bible -- Missions worldwide -- Shangdi and Shen in China -- African voices -- Global Pentecostalism -- "World without end". "In The Bible, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible's journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided-found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages. Breathtakingly global in scope, The Bible tells the story of this sacred book through its many and diverse human encounters, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force"-- Provided by publisher. Bible History. Bible Use History. Biblia Historia 9908 7 cip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 125064 125064 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-09-04 0 BS 445 G662b 2024 00000193922 2025-09-04 22:48:00 1 2025-09-04 BK