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TheBible:TheBiography
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9781782396406
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TheBibleisthemostwidelydistributedbookintheworld.Translatedintoovertwothousandlanguages,itisestimatedthatmorethansixbillioncopieshavebeensoldinthelasttwohundredyearsalone.Inthisseminalaccount,KarenArmstrongtracesthegestationoftheBibletorevealacomplexandcontradictorydocumentcreatedbyscoresofpeopleoverhundredsofyears.
KarenArmstrongbeginsheranalysiswiththeoriginsoftheveryearliestbooksoftheHebrewBible,inwhichGodwascalledboth'Yahweh'and'Elohim'.ShethentracesthedevelopmentofboththeHebrewBibleandtheNewTestamenttorevealthedisparateinfluencesthathelpedtoformthesesacredtexts.FromtheJewishpracticeofMidrashandtheChristiancultofJesus;totheinfluenceofPaul'slettersontheReformationandthemanipulationofRevelationsbyChristianfundamentalism,Armstrongexploresthecontextsinwhichthesesixty-sixbookswereunderstoodandexplainsthesocialneedstheyanswered.IntheprocesssherevealsanunfamiliarandparadoxicalworkthatwillpermanentlyalterourunderstandingoftheBible.
KarenArmstrongbeginsheranalysiswiththeoriginsoftheveryearliestbooksoftheHebrewBible,inwhichGodwascalledboth'Yahweh'and'Elohim'.ShethentracesthedevelopmentofboththeHebrewBibleandtheNewTestamenttorevealthedisparateinfluencesthathelpedtoformthesesacredtexts.FromtheJewishpracticeofMidrashandtheChristiancultofJesus;totheinfluenceofPaul'slettersontheReformationandthemanipulationofRevelationsbyChristianfundamentalism,Armstrongexploresthecontextsinwhichthesesixty-sixbookswereunderstoodandexplainsthesocialneedstheyanswered.IntheprocesssherevealsanunfamiliarandparadoxicalworkthatwillpermanentlyalterourunderstandingoftheBible.