02055cam a22004217a 4500 93792 93792 105191 BJBSDDR 20230410142333.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 100609s2008 enk b 001 0 eng c 2010279702 9781843543978 1843543974 16274689 (OCoLC)ocn173847668 WIQ WIQ JP3 BAKER MR0 CPL BTCTA BUR NLGGC LMR H4N NOR TBS OBE CQU DLC eng pcc BS 450 A736b 2008 220 Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 10115 The Bible : a biography / Karen Armstrong. London : Atlantic, 2008. 302 p. ; 20 cm. Books that changed the world series Originally published: 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-277) and indexes. Introduction -- 1. Torah -- 2. Scripture -- 3. Gospel -- 4. Midrash -- 5. Charity -- 6. Lectio divina -- 7. Sola scriptura -- 8. Modernity -- Epilogue -- Glossary of key terms -- Notes -- Index. Religious historian Armstrong discusses the conception, gestation, life, and afterlife of history's most powerful book. Armstrong analyzes the social and political situation in which oral history turned into written scripture, how this all-pervasive scripture was collected into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text. She explores how "as the pragmatic scientific ethos of modernity took hold, scripture was read for the information that it imparted" and how, in the nineteenth century, historical criticism of the Bible caused greater fear than Darwinism.--From publisher description. Bible History. Biblia Historia 9979 Bible Influence. Biblia Influencia 22366 Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.) 22361 lcc BK NBM 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 BS 450 A736b 2008 00000092631 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 BK