The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151013586
ISBN-13
9780151013586
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72957386
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rise and Fall of the Bibles : the Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Biography / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Trade
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2010-005734
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Reviews
"This amazing book will make you see the Scriptures in a new light. Beal shows us that the origins of the Bible are messy and shaped by chance, but also that the Bible still can move us and needs to be taken seriously . Thou shalt read Beal." -A.J. Jacobs author of The Year of Living Biblically "Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." -John Shelby Spong, author of Eternal Life: A New Vision "The Bible, an infallible book of answers to all life's questions? Timothy Beal demolishes that claim using the texts themselves, and offers the vision of a productive future in which the biblical process of argumentation will thrive in the digital environment." -Bruce Chilton, author of Rabbi Jesus "Partly autobiography, partly social scientific research, partly shrewd discernment, and partly theological interpretation, Tim Beal has written a zinger of a book about the cultural history of the Bible. This welcome and important book will cause a pause before we make glib claims for "the Word of the Lord." -Walter Brueggemann "A lot of us know just enough about the Bible to make us dangerous. Tim Beal wants to take us deeper in our understanding - not just about what the Bible says, but about what it is, and how it came to us in its many current forms. Under Beal's instruction, we will lose some of our naivete, but we'll gain maturity of insight that will more than compensate. A needed book from a talented writer." - Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity "Remarkably accessible...Beal is more than just a debunker; in fact, once evangelical, he still considers himself a Christian. He exhorts readers to see the Bible not as a book of finite answers but as a crucible of questions that provoke, inspire, and even anger those who pick it up. The same might be said about his own book." - STARRED review, Booklist "Well-written and engaging...A laudable look at the Good Book." - Kirkus, "This amazing book will make you see the Scriptures in a new light. Beal shows us that the origins of the Bible are messy and shaped by chance, but also that the Bible still can move us and needs to be taken seriously . Thou shalt read Beal." -A.J. Jacobs author of The Year of Living Biblically "Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." -John Shelby Spong, author of Eternal Life: A New Vision "The Bible, an infallible book of answers to all life's questions? Timothy Beal demolishes that claim using the texts themselves, and offers the vision of a productive future in which the biblical process of argumentation will thrive in the digital environment." -Bruce Chilton, author of Rabbi Jesus "Partly autobiography, partly social scientific research, partly shrewd discernment, and partly theological interpretation, Tim Beal has written a zinger of a book about the cultural history of the Bible. This welcome and important book will cause a pause before we make glib claims for "the Word of the Lord." -Walter Brueggemann "A lot of us know just enough about the Bible to make us dangerous. Tim Beal wants to take us deeper in our understanding - not just about what the Bible says, but about what it is, and how it came to us in its many current forms. Under Beal's instruction, we will lose some of our naivete, but we'll gain maturity of insight that will more than compensate. A needed book from a talented writer." - Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity "Remarkably accessible...Beal is more than just a debunker; in fact, once evangelical, he still considers himself a Christian. He exhorts readers to see the Bible not as a book of finite answers but as a crucible of questions that provoke, inspire, and even anger those who pick it up. The same might be said about his own book." - STARRED review, Booklist "Well-written and engaging...A laudable look at the Good Book." - Kirkus, "This amazing book will make you see the Scriptures in a new light. Beal shows us that the origins of the Bible are messy and shaped by chance, but also that the Bible still can move us and needs to be taken seriously . Thou shalt read Beal." e"A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically "Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." e"John Shelby Spong, author of Eternal Life: A New Vision "The Bible, an infallible book of answers to all life's questions? Timothy Beal demolishes that claim using the texts themselves, and offers the vision of a productive future in which the biblical process of argumentation will thrive in the digital environment." e"Bruce Chilton, author of Rabbi Jesus " Partly autobiography, partly social scientific research, partly shrewd discernment, and partly theological interpretation, Tim Beal has written a zinger of a book about the cultural history of the Bible. This welcome and important book will cause a pause before we make glib claims for "the Word of the Lord." e"Walter Brueggemann "A lot of us know just enough about the Bible to make us dangerous. Tim Beal wants to take us deeper in our understanding - not just about what the Bible says, but about what it is, and how it came to us in its many current forms. Under Beal's instruction, we will lose some of our naivete, but we'll gain maturity of insight that will more than compensate. A needed book from a talented writer." e"Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity "Remarkably accessible...Beal is more than just a debunker; in fact, once evangelical, he still considers himself a Christian. He exhorts readers to see the Bible not as a book of finite answers but as a crucible of questions that provoke, inspire, and even anger those who pick it up. The same might be said about his own book." e"STARRED review, Booklist "Well-written and engaging...A laudable look at the Good Book." e" Kirkus "Smart and conversational, Beal provides the kind of context about the Biblee(tm)s ancient origins in the Holy Land, and its recent marketing by American entrepreneurs, that anyone who reads it should know." - New Jersey Star Ledger"The Rise and Fall of the Bible" is a succinct, clear and fascinating look at two phenomena: what Beal calls "biblical consumerism" -- in which buying Bibles and Bible-related publications and products substitutes for more meaningful encounters with the foundational text of Western Civilization -- and the history of how the book came to be assembled. - Salon.com, "This amazing book will make you see the Scriptures in a new light. Beal shows us that the origins of the Bible are messy and shaped by chance, but also that the Bible still can move us and needs to be taken seriously . Thou shalt read Beal." --A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically "Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." --John Shelby Spong, author of Eternal Life: A New Vision "The Bible, an infallible book of answers to all life's questions? Timothy Beal demolishes that claim using the texts themselves, and offers the vision of a productive future in which the biblical process of argumentation will thrive in the digital environment." --Bruce Chilton, author of Rabbi Jesus " Partly autobiography, partly social scientific research, partly shrewd discernment, and partly theological interpretation, Tim Beal has written a zinger of a book about the cultural history of the Bible. This welcome and important book will cause a pause before we make glib claims for "the Word of the Lord." --Walter Brueggemann "A lot of us know just enough about the Bible to make us dangerous. Tim Beal wants to take us deeper in our understanding - not just about what the Bible says, but about what it is, and how it came to us in its many current forms. Under Beal's instruction, we will lose some of our naivete, but we'll gain maturity of insight that will more than compensate. A needed book from a talented writer." --Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity "Remarkably accessible...Beal is more than just a debunker; in fact, once evangelical, he still considers himself a Christian. He exhorts readers to see the Bible not as a book of finite answers but as a crucible of questions that provoke, inspire, and even anger those who pick it up. The same might be said about his own book." --STARRED review, Booklist "Well-written and engaging...A laudable look at the Good Book." -- Kirkus "Smart and conversational, Beal provides the kind of context about the Bible's ancient origins in the Holy Land, and its recent marketing by American entrepreneurs, that anyone who reads it should know." - New Jersey Star Ledger"The Rise and Fall of the Bible" is a succinct, clear and fascinating look at two phenomena: what Beal calls "biblical consumerism" -- in which buying Bibles and Bible-related publications and products substitutes for more meaningful encounters with the foundational text of Western Civilization -- and the history of how the book came to be assembled. - Salon.com
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
220.60973/0904
Table Of Content
Contents1. The End of the Word as We Know It: A Personal Introduction1Magic 8 Ball Bible2The Rise of a Cultural Icon5The Way of Salvation12So Long, Judas18The Course of This Book21 My Utmost, Revisited242. The Greatest Story Ever Sold29Sodom and Gomorrah Equals Love30Biblical Consumerism32Expectations of Biblical Proportions36By Whose Authority?383. Biblical Values41Felt Needs44Values Added48Finding Your Niche50Necessary Supplements54If That's What It Means, Why Doesn't It Say So?58Manga Bibles64A Different Cookie684. Twilight of the Idol70The Evangelical Dilemma70Selling Out72Type's Setting78Distress Crop80Behold Your God835. What Would Jesus Read?85Jesus Sings86Christianity Before the Bible96No Original102No Canon106Early Christian Network Society1086. The Story of the Good Book111Remembering What's Lost111Scrolling Down to the Book113Scattered Throughout the Whole World117After Gutenberg120Multiplying the Leaves129Lost in Translations140Not a Rock but a River1437. Library of Questions146Mark Twain's Drugstore155Letting Suffering Speak160Trials of God163Weak Rope Theory168Is the Bible a Failure?171Faith in Ambiguity173Nothing but a Burning Light176The Bible by the Side of the Road1788. And I Feel Fine180Cracking the Binding184Loose Canon187Back to the Future189Living Conversations191Seeds to Go Around193Word Without End196 Acknowledgments 197 Notes 200 Index 226
Synopsis
In this revelatory exploration of one of our most revered icons, a critically acclaimed author and professor takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible's sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and Book of books. Among his surprising insights: - Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible--there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all. Congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. - There is no "original" Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different Bibles on the market today. The farther we go back in the Bible's history, the more versions we find. - The idea of the Bible as the literal Word of God is relatively new--only about a century old. Beal's is an inspiring new take on the Bible. In calling for a fresh understanding of the ways scriptures were used in the past, he offers the chance to rediscover a Bible, and a faith, that is truer to its own history--not a book of answers but a library of questions., A religious scholar and former evangelical Christian explores the history of the Bible, from the ancient Hebrew scrolls that Jesus read to the big business of Bible publishing today, debunking the myth of the Bible's infallibility and revealing a richer and more authentic way to read it, In this revelatory exploration of one of our most revered icons, a critically acclaimed author and professor takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible's sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Beal traces its path as it became embraced asthe word of God and Book of books. Among his surprising insights: * Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible--there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all. Congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. * There is no "original" Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different Bibles on the market today. The farther we go back in the Bible's history, the more versions we find. * The idea of the Bible as the literal Word of God is relatively new--only about a century old. Beal's is an inspiring new take on the Bible. In calling for a fresh understanding of the ways scriptures were used in the past, he offers the chance to rediscover a Bible, and a faith, that is truer to its own history--not a book of answers but a library of questions.
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BS511.3.B43 2011
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