The Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Story of the Bible

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A graphic overview of how the Bible came to be—from God's original revelation to modern translations. Includes illustrations, charts, and graphs that explain how books were identified as part of the Bible and how God preserved His special revelation.

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Overview

A graphic overview of how the Bible came to be—from God's original revelation to modern translations. Includes illustrations, charts, and graphs that explain how books were identified as part of the Bible and how God preserved His special revelation.

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Conservative Theological Journal
It is hard to put this booklet down because it visually reads with great clarity and simplicity.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780825424632
  • Publisher: Kregel Publications
  • Publication date: 6/28/2001
  • Series: Kregel Pictorial Guide Series, The
  • Edition description: REPRINT
  • Pages: 32
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 10.20 (h) x 0.07 (d)

Meet the Author

Tim Dowley (Ph.D. in church history, University of Manchester) has been at the forefront of writing and editing for a new generation of resources on biblical studies and church history.

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Table of Contents

Who wrote the Bible? 4
How the Bible was written down 6
How to make papyrus 7
The languages of the Bible 8
Scrolls from the Dead Sea 10
The book arrives 12
What's in the Bible? 14
How the Bible came down to us 16
Translating the Bible 17
Precious books 18
The Bible for the people 20
No more copying! 22
Two great translators 23
The unstoppable Bible 24
To the New World--and beyond 26
Why not for the world? 28
Bibles for forgotten peoples 29
Changing language for a changing world 30
Index 32
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