The Book: A History of the Bible (2001 De Hamel), book

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The Book: A History of the Bible (2001) is a volume edited by Christopher De Hamel.

Abstract

"A narrative account of the Bible as a book and as an artefact, from the earliest fragments found in the Egyptian desert to the great number of modern editions and translations."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Oxford [England], and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Contents

Latin Bibles from Jerome to Charlemagne -- Bible in Hebrew and Greek -- Giant Bibles of the early Middle Ages -- Commentaries on the Bible -- Portable Bibles of the thirteenth century -- Bible picture books -- English Wycliffite Bibles -- Gutenberg Bible -- Bibles of the Protestant Reformation -- English and American Bible industry -- Missionary Bibles -- Modern search for origins.

External links

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