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Author Hoffman, Joel M., 1968-

Title The Bible's cutting room floor : the Holy Scriptures missing from your Bible / Joel M. Hoffman.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  220.1 HOFFMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  220.1 HOFFMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  220.1 HOF    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  220.10 H67    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  220.1 HOF    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  220.1 HOFFMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  220.1 HO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 289 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-276) and index.
Contents The abridged bible -- Jerusalem : an eternal city in conflict -- The Dead Sea Scrolls : how a lost goat changed the world -- The Septuagint : how 70 scholars took 70 days to get it wrong -- Josephus : the only man to be a fly on every wall -- Adam and Eve : falling down and getting back up -- Abraham : humans, idols, and gods -- Enoch : the beginning of the end -- The big picture : finding the unabridged Bible.
Summary Offers an examination of the texts that did not make it into the canonical bible, as well as the diverse reasons for their omission and why some of them are relevant to the lives of modern people.
Subject Bible -- Canonical criticism.
Bible. (OCoLC)fst01356024
Canonical criticism. (OCoLC)fst01907301
ISBN 9781250047960 (hardcover) $25.99
125004796X (hardcover)
9781466848269 (e-book)
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