The Bible: The Biography
Apr 2009 · BOOKS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Book 8 · Atlantic Books Ltd
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Bible sales have doubled since 2019 - why are so many people in the West turning back to Christianity?
The Bible was never a single book. Written and rewritten over a thousand years, it has been read as poetry, law, allegory and prayer. Karen Armstrong, the world's foremost religious historian, tells its extraordinary life story, and shows that reading it literally is a surprisingly modern idea.
'The best sort of popularizing: there is no sacrifice of integrity and no dumbing down.' Edward Norman, Literary Review
Bible sales have doubled since 2019 - why are so many people in the West turning back to Christianity?
The Bible was never a single book. Written and rewritten over a thousand years, it has been read as poetry, law, allegory and prayer. Karen Armstrong, the world's foremost religious historian, ...
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Sylvia Mofokeng
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May 27, 2020
that's. great
chuene mabokela
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August 16, 2014
Wordly words of inspiration
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Noncebo Xezu
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April 4, 2014
Great inspiration
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About the author
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs. Her bestselling books include Islam: A Short History; Buddha; A History of God; Through the Narrow Gate; The Spiral Staircase and The Great Transformation, also published in paperback by Atlantic Books in 2007.
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs. Her bestselling books include Islam: A Short History; Buddha; A History of God; Through the Narrow Gate; The Spiral Staircase and The Great Transformation, also published in paperback by Atlantic Books in 2007.
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