The Bible's cutting room floor : the Holy Scriptures missing from your Bible / Joel M. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Joel M., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Canonical criticism.

Bible.

Canonical criticism.

Physical Description:

xi, 289 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

Summary:

Offers an examination of the texts that did not make it into the canonical bible, as well as the diverse reasons for their omission and why some of them are relevant to the lives of modern people.

Contents:

The abridged bible

Jerusalem : an eternal city in conflict

The Dead Sea Scrolls : how a lost goat changed the world

The Septuagint : how 70 scholars took 70 days to get it wrong

Josephus : the only man to be a fly on every wall

Adam and Eve : falling down and getting back up

Abraham : humans, idols, and gods

Enoch : the beginning of the end

The big picture : finding the unabridged Bible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-276) and index.

ISBN:

9781250047960

125004796X

OCLC:

881146177