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The Bible : a very short introduction / John Riches.
Van Pelt Library BS475.3 .R53 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riches, John, 1939- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 14.
- Very short introductions ; 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Introductions.
- Bible.
- Bible--Use.
- Genre:
- Introductions.
- Religious materials.
- Physical Description:
- 155 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- The Bible in the modern world: classic or sacred text?
- How the biblical books were written
- The making of the Bible
- Translation, production, and distribution of the Bible
- Jewish and Christian readings of the binding of Isaac
- Galatians through history
- The Bible and its critics
- The Bible in the post-colonial world
- The Bible in politics
- The Bible in high and popular culture
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780198863335
- 0198863330
- OCLC:
- 1263810586
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