The Bible and Its Influence, Student Text (Bible Literacy Project) (Bible Literacy Project) - Hardcover

Cullen Schippe; Chuck Stetson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0977030202 ISBN 13: 9780977030200

Publisher: BLP Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The student textbook is a hardcover, full-color, 387-page volume that covers the content of Genesis to Revelation. It is described as a feast for the eyes for its spectacular beauty and contains some of the world s most famous art, as well as sidebar features on how the Bible has influenced literature, poetry, music, art, history, public rhetoric, and Western civilization. Special one-or two-page features include Abraham Lincoln and the Bible, Handel s Messiah, The Bible and Emancipation, Shakespeare and the Bible, plus many more. The textbook was edited by Cullen Schippe, vice-president and publisher for Music, Religion, and Social studies at Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Chuck Stetson, founder and chairman of the Bible Literacy Project. The book was examined prior to publication by 40 reviewers, with their feedback incorporated into the editing of the text.

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The first complete textbook in nearly 30 years for high school academic study of the Bible is coming soon. Thoroughly reviewed and critically acclaimed, it respects the views of major faith groups, while endorsing none.

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Why Study the Bible?
For millions of people the Bible is seen as sacred scripture. It is believed by many Jews and Christians to contain God’s revelation—an inspired communication from the divine to the human. This scripture has been influencing people for thousands of years. That influence extends not only to the synagogue or to the church. It is felt in the language people speak. It is experienced, too, in much of the art, music, and literature of Western culture. The Bible has influenced law and politics as well. And in the United States, the Bible—its characters, narratives, teachings, and the like—have played an important role in American history and culture. If your name is Joshua or David or Michael, Mary or Elizabeth or Sarah, Zeke or Deb or Sam or Sue, your name has its source in the Bible. If you have read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, or John Milton’s Paradise Lost, you have read works inspired in part or as a whole by the Bible. If you have watched Francis Ford Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now, or the film Chariots of Fire, you have experienced works whose titles come right from the Bible. Look at the headlines on this page. Each of them contains an allusion or metaphor that is taken from the Bible. Presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, editorials in the newspaper, television programs, even video games and cartoons all contain references to the plots, characters, and teachings of the Bible. The Bible is like a source code for much of life and language in the land where you live. If you are unaware of that source code, your education is incomplete. This course is going to give you an overview of the Bible. But the course is not going to be teaching you about the Bible as a sacred text. You are going to learn about the language, literary forms, plot lines, characters, and contents of the Bible so that you can have a better understanding of literature, art, and culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: BLP Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0977030202
• ISBN 13: 9780977030200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson