The unauthorized version : truth and fiction in the Bible /

Lane Fox, Robin, 1946-,

The unauthorized version : truth and fiction in the Bible / [print] Robin Lane Fox. - first American edition. - New York : Knopf : 1992. Distributed by Random House, (c)1992. - 478 pages ; 25 cm.

"Originally published in Great Britain by Viking Penguin, Inc., London, in 1991"--T.p. verso.



As it was in the beginning -- The Unerring word -- 'Hear, O Israel' -- In Defiance of the facts -- Authors anonymous -- Jesus and the scriptures -- Pseudonymous Christians -- Adding and subtracting -- From Scrolls to books -- Original scripture? -- Ideas of history -- The First historians -- From David to Paul -- Digging and traveling -- Fifth gospels -- Concurrent heathens -- Jesus on trial -- Back to the future -- The Old in the new -- The Bible as story -- 'Divine letters' -- Human truth.

An atheist presents his analysis of the Bible as truth and fiction.



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Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.
Bible--Controversial literature.

Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

BS480.L265.U538 1992 BS480