The Book A History of the Bible

by De Hamel, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780714837741
• ISBN10: 0714837741
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-25
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

The Bible is the most successful book ever written. For well over 1,000 years it has been the most widely circulated of all written works, and it has affected the culture, language and art of more people than any other book has done. In turn, every age has adapted and used the Bible for its own purposes, influencing its shape, appearance and language. This is a narrative of the Bible as an artefact -- an account of how it has changed, evolved and survived during its extraordinary journey through history.

Author Biography

Christopher De Hamel is the Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. For 25 years he was responsible for all sales of medieval and illuminated manuscripts at Sotheby's in London. He has a doctorate from Oxford University and an honorary doctorate from St John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

Table of Contents

Introduction	vi
Latin Bibles from Jerome to Charlemagne	12	(28)
The Bible in Hebrew and Greek	40	(24)
Giant Bibles of the Early Middle Ages	64	(28)
Commentaries on the Bible	92	(22)
Portable Bibles of the Thirteenth Century	114	(26)
Bible Picture Books	140	(26)
English Wycliffite Bibles	166	(24)
The Gutenberg Bible	190	(26)
Bibles of the Protestant Reformation	216	(30)
The English and American Bible Industry	246	(24)
Missionary Bibles	270	(28)
The Modern Search for Origins	298	(32)
Bibliography	330	(11)
Index of Manuscripts	341	(2)
General Index	343	(9)
Photographic Acknowledgements	352