{"product_id":"the-bible-a-global-history-hardcover","title":"The Bible: A Global History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"wonderful...highly comprehensive\" (John Barton, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e) global history of the world's best-known and most influential book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus's departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible's journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided--found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Breathtakingly global in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Bible\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this sacred book through the stories of its many and diverse human encounters, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School and has an appointment in Yale's department of history. He is the author of the biographies \u003ci\u003eCalvin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eZwingli: God's Armed Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e, and of a number of other books on the history of Christianity. Raised in Canada, he lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966830936365,"sku":"9781541619739","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nJE0dljPN59781541619739.webp?v=1775539238","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-bible-a-global-history-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}