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The Bible Revisted
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The Bible Revisited
Karen Armstrong charts the trajectory of evolving Jewish and
Christian ideas of the Bible over three millennia with acumen and
flair
In the beginning were the words: a small, beleaguered peoples
tales of collective origins, national tribulations and stormy
relations with its tribal deity. Over time the narratives were
written down, expanded, revised and collated. Inspired by the death
of a charismatic teacher, new texts were composed and grafted onto
the ancie...
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Book Review: The Bible: The Biography: The original good book
The Scotsman
; The Bible: The Biography by Karen Armstrong Atlantic Books, 320pp, GBP 16.99 FEW BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF the world have a life of their own to such a degree that a biography can be written about them. So far, Atlantic's series Books That Shook The World, has covered the likes of Homer, Darwin,
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The Year of the Bible
Armenian Reporter, The
; Garen Gdanian Armenian Reporter, The 11-11-1995 The Year of the Bible. Our Primate, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, issued three official circulars to declare that 1995 will be known as the Year of the Bible in our Diocese. In these circulars he instructed ways to better celebrate this year. I was
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Babel ; A myriad of modern voices interpret the Bible, opting variously for solace, science, and political gain
The Boston Globe
; BOOK REVIEW The Bible: A Biography By Karen Armstrong Atlantic, 302 pp., $21.95 The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ By Lee Strobel Zondervan, 311 pp., $21.99 Thumpin' It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today's Presidential Politics By
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Showbiz: Real account of the best-ever blockbuster; books KAREN ARMSTRONG The Bible - The Biography (Atlantic Books, pounds 8.99).(Features)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; Byline: by Lorne Jackson THOSE with sophisticated literary tastes, avert your eyes now. This week I won't be attempting a textual analysis of a complex, subtle, everso- earnest novel. No tepid account of marital infidelities between left-leaning liberals residing in Hampstead, here. Instead, I'll
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The Bible: The Bible: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Biography
; The Bible The Bible: A Biography. Karen Armstrong. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007. 302 pp. $26.95. Armstrong, a former nun turned academic, tosses out one bravura insight after another with no obeisance whatever to perceived wisdom or to the denominational biases that, in recent decades, have
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