TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barton, John
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TI  - A History of the Bible
SN  - 9780143111207
U1  - 220.09 
CY  - U.S.A.
KW  - Bible -- History
KW  - Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- History
KW  - Catholic Church
N2  - 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
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