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- English
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About this book
How did the Bible come to be? How has it been passed down to us through the ages? Is it still trustworthy and relevant after all these years? The Bible is the bestselling book of all time and the basis of faith for billions of people around the world. Encompassing the fields of archaeology, biblical studies, and history, the story of how the Bible has come to us today is a fascinating one. It is told here, accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations. You’ll marvel at the care and reverence with which this ancient book has been preserved. Just a few of the remarkable insights you’ll gain include scriptural origins on animal skins and clay tablets and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Yes, you can access How We Got the Bible by Zondervan, Clinton E. Arnold in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Biblical Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Theology & ReligionSubtopic
Biblical ReferenceTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- The Oldest Forms of the Bible Ever Discovered
- Alphabets, Animal Hides, and Papyrus
- The Principal Manuscript Behind the Old Testament
- The Hebrew Bible Is Translated Into Greek
- The Hebrew Bible Into Many Other Languages
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- What Is the Old Testament?
- The Apocrypha
- An Ancient Storeroom of Manuscripts: The Cairo Genizah
- An Ancient Repository of Manuscripts In the Sinai Desert
- Early Papyrus Texts of the New Testament
- Early Parchment Manuscripts of the Bible
- 5,000 Greek Manuscripts from the Middle Ages
- The Bible Is Translated Into Latin
- The Largest and Heaviest Manuscript of the Bible
- The New Testament Is Translated Into Other Languages
- What Is the New Testament?
- Illuminated Manuscripts
- Scribes and Scriptoria
- The Earliest English Translations
- The First Complete Bible In English: The Wycliffe Bible
- The Invention of Printing: The Gutenberg Press
- The First Published Greek New Testament
- William Tyndale (1494–1536) and the Tyndale Bible
- Martin Luther Translates the Bible for the German
- Bible Translations During the Reign of Henry VIII
- John Calvin and the Geneva Bible (1560)
- Study Bibles
- The Predecessor to the King James Version: The Bishops’ Bible (1568)
- The King James Version 1611
- A Forbidden Book Worth Dying for
- The First Bible Printed In America: The Algonquin Bible (1663)
- A Monumental Revision of the King James Version
- Successors to the ASV: The Modern Versions
- All Ancient Manuscripts In One Volume
- Early Parallel Bibles
- Taking the Bible to the World
- Translating the Bible for the Yali People of Indonesia
- Translating the Bible for the People of Kambari, Africa
- The Living Bible
- A Comparison of Modern Versions of the Bible
- Is the Bible Still Accurate After 2,000 Years?
- Photo Credits