The Biography of the Bible (ePub)

This is the extended and annotated edition including

* an extensive annotation of more than 5.000 words about the history and evolution of the book we call 'The Bible'
* an interactive table-of-contents
* perfect formatting for electronic reading devices (e.g. no more annoying page numbers in the text)

A great book is a living organism. Months, years, or centuries may go into its gestation. When finally composed and written down, it can be said to be born, but only born. It then grows and develops through the interpretations of generation after generation of readers, critics, editors, and translators, each adding something, great or little, to its expanding magnitude. The life of the Bible, above all other books, is a life made up of countless lives, embodying their joys and agonies, their visions, their defeats and aspirations. Four thousand years cling about it. A full millennium of myths and legends passed into it; another millennium was consumed in the writing; bitter battles over canon and creed occupied a third; a fourth has seen the ever-continuing translations into modern tongues.

Contents:

ONE - General Character
TWO - The Authors
THREE - The Conflict over Creed and Canon
FOUR - The Bible under Medievalism
FIVE - The Great Translations
SIX - The Higher Criticism
SEVEN - The Bible and the Stream of Life