The story of the Bible / [print]
Luke Timothy Johnson.
- Library edition.
- Chantilly, Va : Teaching Company, (c)2006.
- 4 videodiscs (circa 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Great courses .
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"Course no. 6252." 24 lectures (30 minutes each). Two part set in two containers.
part 1. disc 1. Lectures 1-6. Telling the story of a book -- Making TaNaK -- Forms of Jewish scripture -- Birth of the Christian Bible -- Formation of Jewish and Christian canons -- Writing and copying manuscripts -- part 1. disc 2. Lectures 7-12. Imperial sponsorship and the Bible -- lecture 8. Texts and translations--the ancient east -- lecture 9. Old Latin and the Vulgate -- lecture 10. Other ancient versions -- lecture 11. Monasteries and manuscripts -- lecture 12. Interpretation within Judaism. part 2. disc 3. Lectures 13--18. Interpretation in medieval Christianity -- The Renaissance, printing, and the Bible -- The Protestant Reformation and the Bible -- Translating the Bible into modern languages -- The first efforts at Englishing the Bible -- The King James Version -- part 2. disc 4. Lectures 19--24. The romance of manuscripts -- Searching for the critical text -- The historical-critical approach -- The Bible in contemporary Judaism -- Contemporary Christians and their Bibles -- The Bible's story continues.