The book : a history of the Bible /

A narrative account of the Bible as a book and as an artefact, from the earliest fragments found in the Egyptian desert to the great number of modern editions and translations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2001.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Latin Bibles from Jerome to Charlemagne
  • Bible in Hebrew and Greek
  • Giant Bibles of the early Middle Ages
  • Commentaries on the Bible
  • Portable Bibles of the thirteenth century
  • Bible picture books
  • English Wycliffite Bibles
  • Gutenberg Bible
  • Bibles of the Protestant Reformation
  • English and American Bible industry
  • Missionary Bibles
  • Modern search for origins.