Pocket Guide to the Bible
eBook - ePub

Pocket Guide to the Bible

A Little Book About the Big Book

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pocket Guide to the Bible

A Little Book About the Big Book

About this book

"Jason Boyett's Pocket Guides are smart and hilarious. And they're sneaky too: You don't realize how much you're learning because you're having so much fun." —AJ Jacobs, author, The Year of Living Biblically

Americans consistently identify the Bible as the most influential book in history, but seriously: are you really reading it? Probably not. If all you know about the Bible are a few Psalms and the Christmas story, then you're missing out on a book that's wilder, weirder, and more entertaining than you ever imagined.

With a stealthy combo of entertainment and insight, Jason Boyett's Pocket Guide to the Bible fills the gaps in your religious education. It introduces you to the characters you must know, reveals the thrilling development of the biblical canon, and details the less-churchy parts of Scripture (hello, sex and violence!). Don't miss out on discovering

  • How God employs talking donkeys, mentally unstable prophets, and helpful prostitutes in his master plan
  • Which moral failures may result in an old-fashioned smiting

  • Why Catholic Bibles include books some Protestants refuse to recognize

  • Whether your New International Version of the Bible may in fact be demonic

With Pocket Guide to the Bible, you'll finally realize what's so good about the Good Book.

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Information

Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780470373095
eBook ISBN
9780470498804

Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 01 - BIBLICABULARY (A GLOSSARY OF THE GOOD BOOK)
  6. Chapter 02 - CAST OF CHARACTERS (A TO J)
  7. Chapter 03 - CAST OF CHARACTERS (K TO Z)
  8. Chapter 04 - WHAT HAPPENS, PART I (THE OLD TESTAMENT AT BREAKNECK SPEED)
  9. Chapter 05 - WHAT HAPPENS, PART 2 (THE NEW TESTAMENT AT BREAKNECK SPEED)
  10. Chapter 06 - THE BRIEF HISTORY OF HOLY WRIT (A TIMELINE)
  11. Chapter 07 - VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS (A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF TRANSLATIONS)
  12. Chapter 08 - LIST YE BE SMITTEN (BIBLICAL FLOTSAM AND JETSAM)
  13. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  14. THE AUTHOR

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