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Jaroslav Pelikan, widely regarded as one of the most distinguished historians of our day, now provides a clear and engaging account of the Bible’s journey from oral narrative to Hebrew and Greek text to today’s countless editions. Pelikan explores the evolution of the Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic versions and the development of the printing press and its effect on the Reformation, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship. Whose Bible Is It? is a triumph of scholarship that is also a pleasure to read.
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"A crisp, remarkably succinct history of the Bible as preserved, interpreted, translated and canonized by the various faiths that believe in it." —Los Angeles Times
"Engaging . . . an excellent overview." —The New York Times Book Review
"Outstanding . . . Pelikan takes the reader through the process of scripture building with a fluency and ease that is both accessible and understandable." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Masterly . . . Pelikan weaves a tapestry of the power of the Word to mold religious communities, nations, and culture. . . . Engaging, concise, and highly readable." —The Christian Science Monitor
Dennis J. Koupal Jr.
13 juni 2025
Wonderfully mis-titled, "Whose Bible Is It" will leave those seeking an authoritative document that proves their particular position regarding ownership of the Bible woefully disappointed. Bringing to bear the best of known historical information, facts, and background on both the Old Testament and New Testament through 2005, the date the book was published, Dr. Jaroslav gives the reader an excellent working knowledge of how the Bible came into being. Going deeper than a cursory overview yet short of a scholarly critique, this work will be found to be quite informative for those who seek a better understanding of how God's known Word came into being."If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32
Michael A. Johnson
7 april 2025
This book started out well, but then ran into a contradiction.Although the Jews were the most literate ancient people, he insisted on their being not literate but a memorizing people for passing on traditions.This results in the gospels not being written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but being handed down by word of mouth until finalized and written out much later.But at the same time and in the same place the epistles being written by the writer and spread in written form word for word.So on the gospels he is a liberal/modernist, but on the epistles he is fundamentalist.Sorry, but you just can't have it both ways.
Jan
3 maart 2025
Jaraslov Pelikan is easy to read in spite of the difficult topics he tackles. I would recommend this book to people who know something of the Bible and are interested in background materials. Pelikan is writing as someone who highly respects scripture.
Tarashab
15 februari 2025
A bit condensed but very illuminating. A joy to read. One does not have to be out of the tradition to appreciate it. I hope a story on the same lines be told about the Quran.
Delbert K. Clear
10 december 2024
Very readable--entertaining at times. Straightforward, historically accurate knowledge-base, drifts along between original meanings of words/phrases in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, English, and sometimes other languages without requiring an in-depth knowledge of these languages. Truly a book for the lay person who is "concerned" about the implications of claiming that the Bible, that we know best, is, or can be the absolute "Word of God." Falls a bit short in some chapters of really delivering the promise of the title--the last chapter is a good example--and does not wrap the book's basic premise, posed in a question form, with definitive resolution. This, of course, was probably his goal--to get the questions asked and parsed and left unresolved due to its fundamental resolvability. Perhaps his focus on any person's (as opposed to mankind's) relationship to God is individual,is the key to understanding the limits of the answer he gives.
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