The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture

Schmid, Konrad; Schröter, Jens

ISBN 10: 0674293924 / ISBN 13: 9780674293922

Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674293924
• ISBN 13: 9780674293922
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“A landmark…If you have time to read only one book on the Bible this year, make sure that it is this one.”―Katherine J. Dell, Church Times

“Excellent…With a sure touch, the authors lead the reader through the geopolitical context of the Hebrew Bible and the setting and background of the New Testament, finding something to say about practically every book’s origins and development.”―John Barton, The Tablet

“A remarkable deep dive into foundational books whose origins are often taken for granted.”―Publishers Weekly

In this revelatory account of the making of the foundational text of western civilization, a world-renowned scholar of the Hebrew scriptures joins a noted authority on the New Testament to reconstruct Jewish and Christian scriptural histories and reveal the underappreciated contest between them.

The New Testament, they show, did not develop in the wake of an Old Testament set in stone. The two evolved in parallel, often in conversation with each other, ensuring a continuing mutual influence of Jewish and Christian traditions. A remarkable synthesis of the latest Old and New Testament scholarship, The Making of the Bible is the most comprehensive history yet of the long, transformative journeys of these texts on route to inclusion in the holy books, revealing their buried lessons and secrets.

About the Authors

Konrad Schmid is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich and President of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. He is the author, most recently, of A Historical Theology of the Hebrew Bible.

Jens Schröter is Professor of New Testament and Ancient Christian Apocrypha at Humboldt University in Berlin and the author of Jesus of Nazareth: Jew from Galilee, Savior of the World.