How we got the Bible /
Lightfoot, Neil R,
How we got the Bible / [print] Neil R. Lightfoot. - third edition., rev. and expandedition. - Grand Rapids : Baker Books, (c)2003. - 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The making of ancient books -- The birth of the Bible -- Manuscripts of the New Testament -- The Sinaitic script -- Other New Testament manuscripts -- Ancient versions : The New Testament -- Manuscipts of special interest -- The text of the New Testament -- Significance of textual variations -- Restoring the New Testament text -- Manuscripts from the sand -- The text of the Old Testament -- Ancient versions : the Old Testament -- The canon of the Scriptures -- The apocryphal books -- The English Bible to 1611 -- Recent translations of the English Bible -- "My words will not pass away."
How accurate are modern translations such as the New International Version? Why does the Roman Catholic Bible have more books than most Protestant Bibles? How can we be sure that the Biblical message has been accurately preserved throught the centuries?
9780801012525
2003003625
Bible--History.
BS445 BS445.L724.H699 2003
How we got the Bible / [print] Neil R. Lightfoot. - third edition., rev. and expandedition. - Grand Rapids : Baker Books, (c)2003. - 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The making of ancient books -- The birth of the Bible -- Manuscripts of the New Testament -- The Sinaitic script -- Other New Testament manuscripts -- Ancient versions : The New Testament -- Manuscipts of special interest -- The text of the New Testament -- Significance of textual variations -- Restoring the New Testament text -- Manuscripts from the sand -- The text of the Old Testament -- Ancient versions : the Old Testament -- The canon of the Scriptures -- The apocryphal books -- The English Bible to 1611 -- Recent translations of the English Bible -- "My words will not pass away."
How accurate are modern translations such as the New International Version? Why does the Roman Catholic Bible have more books than most Protestant Bibles? How can we be sure that the Biblical message has been accurately preserved throught the centuries?
9780801012525
2003003625
Bible--History.
BS445 BS445.L724.H699 2003