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No book has been more pored over, has been the sub- ject of more commentary and controversy, or has hadmore influence not only on our religious beliefs butalso on our culture and language than the Bible.Certainly no book has been as widely read. Many peo-ple of faith believe the Bible to be divinely inspired. Itseems to have, always existed in its present state, Yetthe Bible was written by many authors over a longperiod of time and shaped into its current iterations bypeople of different faiths. How did this happen?In this superbly written history, Jaroslav Pelikan,Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at YaleUniversity, provides a fascinating study of how theBible evolved from its earliest incarnation as oral tra-dition to its modern existence in several differentconfigurations and a multitude of languages and trans-lations for many audiences. Beginning with the earli-est Hebrew texts and following the New Testament'sappearance in Greek and then the earliest translationinto Latin, Pelikan traces the development of theJewish and Christian Bibles. With his masterful graspof the material, Pelikan explores the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adoptedby different religions and sects, as well as the devel-opment of the printing press, the Bible's translationinto modern languages, and the varying schools of critical scholarship.With a career spanning more than half a century,Jaroslav Pelikan brings a magisterial breadth of knowl-edge to a compelling and accessible history of theGreat Book. Both an enduring work of scholarshipand a pleasure to read.
Whose Bible Is It?
tells the amaz-ing story of how this most influential book came to be.
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