Lectures by Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University.
Note
In two containers.
Bibliography
Bibliographical references in guidebooks.
Contents
Part 1. 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 -- Imperial sponsorship and the Bible -- Texts and translations: the ancient east -- Old Latin and the Vulgate -- Other ancient versions -- Monasteries and manuscripts -- Interpretation within Judaism.
Part 2. 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 -- 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.
