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The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The Rise and Fall of the Bible The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book Author:Timothy Beal Timothy Beal takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible?s sacred capital. — Among his surprising insights: — ? Early Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bib... more »le?there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all.
? There is no ?original? Bible behind the thousands of different Bibles on the market today. The farther we go back in the Bible?s history, the more versions we find.
? The idea of the Bible as the literal Word of God is only about a century old. Beal offers a chance to rediscover a Bible, and a faith, that is truer to its own history?not a book of answers but a library of questions.« less