Timothy Beal
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"The Bible…is a locked treasure for those unfamiliar with the Scriptures….Beal offers a key with his accessible guide." -Cleveland Plain Dealer
"With skill and insight, Timothy Beal has given us a great gift: a lucid and engaging introduction to the most important book ever published." -Jon Meacham, author of American Lion, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
In the tradition of Stephen Prothero's Religious Literacy, and with the deftness of Bill Bryson's...
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"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Timothy Beal is the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University. His many books include The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book and Biblical Literacy: The Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know. He lives in Denver.
The life and times of the New Testament's most mystifying and incendiary book
Few biblical books have been...
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In a lively journey from early Christianity to the present, this book explores how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Book's sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Timothy Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and the Book of books....
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Some ancient works of literature survive in fragments that appear so simple and complete that it's hard to imagine them as being part of a larger narrative. Such is the case with Ruth and Esther. On first reading they appear so simple, so whole, and their meanings so completely self-evident. Yet the closer you look, the more perplexing they become. Ruth and Esther offers that close look, enabling readers to discover the uncertainties of the texts...