Timothy K Beal
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Counter In this revelatory exploration of one of our most revered icons, a critically acclaimed author and professor takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible's sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts,...
Author
Series
Lives of great religious books volume 29
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Few biblical books have been as revered and reviled as Revelation. Many hail it as the pinnacle of prophetic vision, the cornerstone of the biblical canon, and, for those with eyes to see, the key to understanding the past, present, and future. Others denounce it as the work of a disturbed individual whose horrific dreams of inhumane violence should never have been allowed into the Bible. Timothy Beal provides a concise cultural history of Revelation...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 184
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
It's hard to think of a single aspect of American culture, past or present, in which religion has not played a major role. The roles religion plays, moreover, become more bewilderingly complex and diverse every day. For all those who want--whether out of curiosity, necessity, or civic duty--a vivid picture and fuller understanding of the current reality of religion in America, this Very Short Introduction is the go-to book they need.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
'The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts' (OEBART) is an in-depth, comprehensive reference work that covers the cultural history of biblical texts, themes, characters, images, and the Bible itself in the literary, visual, and musical arts.