Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible

Robin Lane Fox

ISBN 10: 0679744061 / ISBN 13: 9780679744061

Published by Vintage, 1993

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0679744061I5N00

Synopsis:

When Pontius Pilate asked Jesus "What is truth?" he received no answer. In this provocative, vastly learned, and elegantly argued book, a historian of international reputation asks the same question of the Bible, with triumphant results.

The Unauthorized Version discusses the two incompatible creation stories in Genesis and the historical errors in the Gospels' accounts of the Nativity. It introduces us to a Bible that came late to monotheism, propounded a jumble of conflicting laws, and whose authors wrote under assumed names. Far from debunking the scriptures, though, Robin Lane Fox locates their core of truth: his book is a bold and original contribution both to the history of religion and the literature of belief.

From the Back Cover: "Magnificent...delivered with authority and verve. Learned but never pedantic, [Lane Fox] is an unfailingly incisive, thought-provoking, humane, courteous, and often entertaining guide."

-- The Economist

"A remarkable achievement...[Lane Fox] manages, like a skilled juggler, to keep a number of intellectual balls in the air...with wit and grace.... The book could serve as a useful review for knowledgeable readers or as a crash course for the biblically impaired."

-- The New York Times Book Review

"[A] bracing precis of cutting-edge biblical criticism... The Unauthorized Version reacquaints us with one of the chief achievements of post-Enlightenment civilization."

-- Philadelphia Inquirer

Bibliographic Details

Title: Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in ...
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket