Ellie G. BagleyMiddlebury CollegeJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Religion CompassBagley, E. G. (2012). Teaching & learning guide for: Writing the history of the English Bible: A review of recent scholarship. Religion Compass, 6(1), 97-102.
its constituent parts were interpreted and subjected to a scrutiny that no other writing has had to endure. The contributors trace the routes by which the canon of Scripture was determined, shedding light on the many controversies over which writings should be regarded as authoritative and which sh...
One of the oldest books in the world is the Bible. The Bible has been revised numerous times over the span of 2500 years. The Bible has survived wars, schisms, and the rise and fall of several empires.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by Toby Burrows De Hamel, Christopher, The Book: a History of the Bible , London, Phaidon, 2001; cloth; pp. xi, 352; 237 colour illus.; RRP AUS$69.95; ISBN 0714837741. Toby Burrows Scholars' Centre The Univers...
Bible History Images and Resources for Biblical History. Resources, Free Bible Software, Bible Art, Biblical History Topics and Study, and ancient Bible maps of Rome, Greece, and ancient Near East.
Biblical archaeologists have long been interested in hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system. Hieroglyphics are a type of pictographic script, meaning that each symbol represents a word or concept. Hieroglyphics were used in Egypt for over 3,000 years, from the 4th millennium BC to the...
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This book argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical authors themselves-what sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would have been understood by their intended audience. In short, we must recognize the genres to which these texts belong...
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