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The History of the Bible
The History of the Bible
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Description
Centuries rolled like a scroll: Vulgate's Latin lockdown under Jerome's quill, then the Renaissance's printing presses hammering out Wycliffe's outlaw editions that hid under floorboards from inquisitor eyes. King James's 1611 crew wrangled 47 scholars in a Cambridge lockdown, their KJV a linguistic juggernaut that thundered through Shakespearean stages and Puritan pulpits. These weren't just books-they were battlegrounds, where ink wars toppled thrones and sparked witch hunts, proving words wielded sharper than any sword. By the 20th century, the Bible's bones poked through digs and doubts: Nag Hammadi's Gnostic bombshells, Vatican vaults cracking for carbon dating, turning sacred text into a scholar's scrapbook.
Yet it endures, translated into tongues from Swahili to sign, a survivor stitched from silence and strife. This history's no holy relic-it's a dog-eared dive into the making of a book that made us, page by gritty page.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 170
- Release Date:
- 2025-11-08
- Publication Date:
- 2025-11-12
- Publisher:
- De Fryske Wrâld
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 3565084170
- ISBN13:
- 9783565084173
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Minimum Reading Age:
- 1
- Maximum Reading Age:
- 99
- Weight:
- 256 g
- Height:
- 152 cm
- Width:
- 229 cm
- Thickness:
- 9 cm
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