A History of the Bible <subTitle>The Book and Its Faiths</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Barton, John</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">9:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Penguin Books</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>613tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priest. In our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged since the earliest days of the Christian church. The idea of the Bible as ""Holy Scripture,"" a non-negotiable authority straight from God, has prevailed in Western society for some time. And while it provides a firm foundation for centuries of Christian teaching, it denies the depth, variety, and richness of this fascinating text. In A History of the Bible, John Barton argues that the Bible is not a prescription to a complete, fixed religious system, but rather a product of a long and intriguing process, which has inspired Judaism and Christianity, but still does not describe the whole of either religion.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John Barton</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Catholic Church</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.09</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B293-J65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780143111207</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15663/255.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15663/255.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071515.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>