The Bible A Global History
The Bible A Global History by Bruce Gordon, published by Basic Books in 2024, offers a comprehensive exploration of the Bible’s extensive journey over more than two thousand years. This edition spans 514 pages and is presented in English. The book examines how the Bible, viewed by Christians as divinely inspired, has been transmitted through various cultures and languages, reflecting the diverse interpretations and experiences of its readers.
Readers will find a detailed narrative that highlights the Bible’s role as both a tool for oppression and a source of hope for liberation. Bruce Gordon delves into the Bible’s influence across different communities, from desert monasteries to urban centers, illustrating its dynamic nature as a cultural force rather than a static text. The book addresses themes of history, religion, and biblical studies, providing insights into how the sacred text has shaped and been shaped by the beliefs and needs of its followers throughout history.
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“A marvelous work of scholarship and storytelling” (Wall Street Journal), offering a global history of the world’s best-known and most influential book
For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. 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.
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