The Bible: A Very Short Introduction

Name: The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
SKU: 9780198863335
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By (author) John Riches,

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This Very Short Introduction explores how the Bible was written, the development of the canon, the role of Biblical criticism, the appropriation of the Bible in high and popular culture, and its use for political ends.

SKU: 9780198863335

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ISBN: 9780198863335

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 11.3 × 0.9 × 17.6 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 192 pages
Dimensions 11.3 × 0.9 × 17.6 cm | 140
Publication Date 28 October 2021
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country United Kingdom
Edition 2nd Revised edition

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John Riches

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John Riches was the Chaplain and Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he taught philosophy of religion from 1968 to 1972. He then taught the New Testament at Glasgow University from 1973 to 2002, with periods as a visiting lecturer in theological colleges in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Riches' major areas of study have been the Gospels and Paul, with a particular intere st in the history of reception of the Bible.

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