The Bible: A History: The Making and Impact of the Bible Review

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(More customer reviews)A great book for learning about how we got the Bible and how the Bible changed the world.
Lots of outstanding pictures.
Written by Christians who have worked for Reader's Digest Books--so the writing is clear and easy to understand.
The book is getting wide attention here and overseas, and is even being printed in China. I can understand why. It's a great resource for people who want to get better acquainted with the Bible. And apparently, a lot of people do.
Looks like a coffeetable book. But it reads like a great story.
The book is divided into 2-page spreads, with feature topics like these:
Lost Books of the Bible
The "Almost" Scriptures
Using and Abusing the Bible
Doomsday Specialists
Evidence Supporting the Bible
Bible Trivia and Oddities (my favorite)
A sample piece of trivia is that history scholars suspect that the printer's wife of a German Bible in the 1500s made a women's lib editorial change. The words God spoke to Eve after she sinned was that from now on she would be subject to Adam: "Und er soll dein Herr sein," (and he will be your master). But she changed Herr to Narr--"master" to "fool."
You'll enjoy this book.


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How We Got the Bible Review

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(More customer reviews)Wondering how the Bible came to be?
Wondering about translation issues?
This is the book for you. Lightfoot gives a good explanation of how the Bible was created and transmitted down through the centuries. The book covers the history of the written language, writing materials, Biblical archaeology, textual criticism, and translational issues.
The book has pros and cons.
Pro: The research is top notch. The author has gone to great lengths to investigate the textual transmission of the Bible.
Pro: The material is explained in an easy-to-understand manner. One need not have a Masters in History or Archaeology to understand this book.
Pro: The book includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
Con: Though the book is well footnoted, the footnotes are all listed in the back of the book by chapter. I prefer footnotes to be either at the bottom of the page that references them or at the end of each chapter. Placing them at the end of the book makes research difficult.
Con: The research and information presented is quite brief. The book presents an excellent overview of the topic but does not go into extensive detail on each topic. Likely, this is not the author's intent but a little more wouldn't have hurt.
I recommend this book for anyone who is wanting to study Bibliology. It's a good place to start.

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How We Got the Bible provides factual, accessible answers to questions such asHow and when did the books of the Bible originate? In what sense are these books different from other books? How have these books been preserved and transmitted to us? Why do we have so many different translations of the Bible?A popular guide for Bible students, it has sold more than 1 million copies during its forty years in print. This trade paper edition of the well-loved classic offers readers an even more affordable way to learn about the development of the most important book in history.

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