The book : a history of the Bible
De Hamel, C. F. R. (Christopher F. R), 1950-2001
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A narrative account of the Bible as a book and as an artefact, from the earliest fragments found in the Egyptian desert to the plethora of modern editions and translations. The author seeks to write as an impartial historian and bases his account on documentary evidence, focusing on the manufacture, translation and distribution of Bibles in an extraordinary variety of forms throughout nearly two millennia.;The first chapter deals with the achievement of Saint Jerome, whose Latin translation - the Vulgate - first gave the Bible the definitive form it has retained ever since.
Main title:
The book : a history of the Bible / Christopher De Hamel.
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Imprint:
London : Phaidon, 2001.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
07148377419780714837741
Dewey class:
220.09220
Language:
English
BRN:
244050
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