The Bible: A Global History by Gordon, Bruce

The Bible: A Global History

A global history of the world's best-known and most influential book For Christians, the Bible is a...
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Author: Bruce Gordon
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The Bible: A Global History by Gordon, Bruce

The Bible: A Global History

CHF 48.14

The Bible: A Global History

CHF 48.14
Author: Bruce Gordon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A global history of the world's best-known and most influential book

For Christians, the Bible is a book authored by God for humanity. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus's departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture.

In The Bible, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible's journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided--found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages.

Breathtakingly global in scope, The Bible tells the story of this sacred book through the stories of its many and diverse human encounters, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.

Author: Bruce Gordon
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 09/17/2024
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781541619739

About the Author
Bruce Gordon is Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School and has an appointment in Yale's department of history. He is the author of the biographies Calvin and Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet, and of a number of other books on the history of Christianity. Raised in Canada, he lives in Vermont.

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