{"product_id":"whose-bible-is-it-isbn-9780143036777","title":"Whose Bible Is It?","description":"Jaroslav Pelikan, widely regarded as one of the most distinguished historians of our day, now provides a clear and engaging account of the Bible’s journey from oral narrative to Hebrew and Greek text to today’s countless editions. Pelikan explores the evolution of the Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic versions and the development of the printing press and its effect on the Reformation, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship. \u003cb\u003eWhose Bible Is It?\u003c\/b\u003e is a triumph of scholarship that is also a pleasure to read.Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Bible, the While Bible, and Nothing but the Bible?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne: The God Who Speaks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo: The Truth in Hebrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree: Moses Speaking Greek\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour: Beyond Written Torah: Talmud and Continuing Revelation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive: The LAw and the Prophets Fulfilled\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix: Formation of a Second Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven: The Peoples of the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight: Back to the Sources\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine: The Bible Only\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen: The Canon and the Critics\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven: A Message for the While Human Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve: The Strange Ne World Within the Bible\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix I: Alternative Canons of the Tanakh\/Old Testament\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: New Testament\u003cbr\u003eNotes and Further Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A crisp, remarkably succinct history of the Bible as preserved, interpreted, translated and canonized by the various faiths that believe in it.\" —\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging . . . an excellent overview.\" —\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Outstanding . . . Pelikan takes the reader through the process of scripture building with a fluency and ease that is both accessible and understandable.\" —\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Masterly . . . Pelikan weaves a tapestry of the power of the Word to mold religious communities, nations, and culture. . . . Engaging, concise, and highly readable.\" —\u003cb\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and past president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many books include the five-volume \u003cb\u003eThe Christian Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJesus Through the Centuries\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eMary Through the Centuries\u003c\/b\u003e. He has received the Thomas Jefferson Medal of the National Endowment for the Humanities and an honorary degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as forty-one other honorary degrees.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299936817381,"sku":"NP9780143036777","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143036777.jpg?v=1767744254","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/whose-bible-is-it-isbn-9780143036777","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}