Contents:
Brettler Introductions and Annotations Genesis: Levinson Introduction to the Historical Books: Brettler Introductions and Annotations Joshua: Yair Zakovitch 1, 2 Samuel: McKenzie 1, 2 Kings: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Esther: Brettler Introductions and Annotations Job: Christine Roy Yoder Ecclesiastes: Davis Hankins and Brennan W. Breed Song of Solomon: Cheryl Exum Introduction to the Prophetic Books: Merrill Willis Hosea, Amos, Micah: Petersen Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: Newsom Introductions and Annotations Tobit: Wright Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah: Merrill Willis 1 Maccabees: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Prayer of Manasseh: David Lambert Psalm Pheme Perkins Introductions and Annotations Matthew: Suzanne Watts Henderson Luke: Pheme Perkins Introductions and Annotations Romans: Ann Jervis 1 Corinthians: Emma Wasserman Ephesians, Colossians: Carolyn Osiek 1,2 Thessalonians: Eugene Boring 2 Peter, Jude: Terrance Callan 1,2,3 John: Brettler and Pheme Perkins Textual Criticism: Brettler Christian Interpretation in the Premodern Era: Newsom The Interpretation of the Bible: From the Nineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries: Coogan Contemporary Methods in Biblical Study: Newsom The Geography of the Bible: The Bible Society movement was born.
It workedtogether with Protestant missions and helped those who were translating the Bible in China, India and on the African continent.
In , the Bible had only been translated into 80 languages. In the middle of the 19th century, the Bible Societies used pedlars more and more to distribute the Bible.
They travelled tirelessly through town and country, sometimes to the remotest of places, going from house to house to distribute their Bibles. The Bible is at the centre of Protestantism.
This underpinned the aim of the Bible Societies: Importance was given to the Protestant principle of individual Bible reading and this became possible for more and more people. The pedlars distributed the Bible and encouraged people to read it — this led to a strengthening of the Protestant religion at the expense of Catholicism, throughout the 19th century.
The Deuterocanonical books were books in the Old Testament written in Greek and do not form part of the Jewish canon.
They can be found in the Greek version of the Old Testament, the Septuagint. The Reformers considered the Apocrypha to be of interest, but not necessarily the Word of God.
Cost was one reason why the British Bible Society eventually omitted the Apocrypha from their Bibles in As this Society distributed the most Bibles at the time, in spite of opposition from the Paris Bible Society, the Apocrypha came to be omitted more and more from Protestant Bibles during the course of the 19th century. At first the Roman Catholic Church welcomed this new enthusiasm for distributing Bibles.
However, Rome soon began to criticise the movement. A joint document, with translation guidelines, was issued by the Roman Catholic Church and the Universal Bible Societies.
Pheme Perkins Introductions and Annotations Romans: The Bible Societies who belong to the Universal Bible Societies are not alone in distributing the Bible, but they are the biggest distributors in the world. Set up a giveaway. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Amazon Restaurants Food delivery from local restaurants. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc.