The a biography Armstrong, Karen 1944- creator text bibliography enk London Atlantic 2008 monographic eng

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302 p. ; 20 cm. 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. 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. Karen Armstrong. Originally published: 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-277) and indexes. History Historia Influence Influencia BS 450 A736b 2008 220 9781843543978 1843543974 2010279702 WIQ 100609 20230410142333.0 105191