Whose Bible is it?: a history of the Scriptures through the ages
Religion, Textes religieux
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Pelikán takes the reader through the good book's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts and the Bible's appearance in Greek, then Latin, Pelikán… explores the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adopted by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship. 2006.