The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 4, From 1750 to the Present - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521858232 ISBN 13: 9780521858236

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The political, technological, and cultural upheaval of the past two-and-a-half centuries has dramatically altered how we read and understand the Bible. This volume examines the Bible's role in the modern world - beginning with a treatment of its production and distribution that discusses publishers, printers, text critics, and translators and continuing with a presentation of new methods of studying the text that have emerged, including historical, literary, social-scientific, feminist, postcolonial, liberal, and fundamentalist readings. There is a full discussion of the changes in understandings of and approaches to the Bible in various faith communities. The dissemination of the Bible throughout the globe has also produced a host of new interpretations, and this volume provides a comprehensive geographical survey of its reception. In the final chapters, the authors offer a thematic overview of the Bible in relation to literature, art, film, science, and other disciplines. They demonstrate that, in spite of challenges to the Bible's authority in western Europe, it remains highly relevant and influential, not least in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

About this title

Book Description:

This volume examines the Bible's role in the modern world, focusing on the effects of political, technological, and cultural developments. The authors demonstrate that, in spite of challenges to the Bible's authority in western Europe, it remains highly relevant and influential, not least in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

About the Author:

John Riches is Emeritus Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. His publications include The Bible: A Very Short Introduction (2000), Conflicting Mythologies: Identity Formation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew (2000) and Galatians through the Centuries (2008).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0521858232
• ISBN 13: 9780521858236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 868
• Editor: Riches John