A visual history of the English Bible :
Brake, Donald L., 1939-
A visual history of the English Bible : the tumultuous tale of the world's bestselling book / Donald L. Brake. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c2008. - 349 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-339) and indexes.
1. Ancient Bibles: the triumph of beauty, the tyranny of power--
2. He dared to act: John Wycliffe and the Bible in English--
3. The man of the millennium: the triumph of the Press over the Quill--
4. He dared to take a stand: the monk becomes a knight--
5. The fire of devotion: the plowman reads the Bible--
6. A political pastor struggles in exile: the pastor survives and his Psalms endure--
7. A royal court intrigue: the first "authorized" Bible--
8. Theology influences Bible versions: notes to aid the reader--
9. The clergy's version: a Bible longing for an audience--
10. The Catholic church responds: from sacred Latin to vulgar English--
11. A royal translation: splendors of the Stuart court--
12. The King's Bible revised: from King James to Queen Victoria--
13. The source for English translations: the battle for a standard Greek text--
14. The Bible in America: at war and peace--
15. The Bible as bestseller: "as wide as the waters be"--
16. The people triumph: the Bible for all seasons.
9780801013164 (cloth)
2008005492
Bible. English --History.
BS 455 / .B635 2008
220.5/2009
A visual history of the English Bible : the tumultuous tale of the world's bestselling book / Donald L. Brake. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c2008. - 349 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-339) and indexes.
1. Ancient Bibles: the triumph of beauty, the tyranny of power--
2. He dared to act: John Wycliffe and the Bible in English--
3. The man of the millennium: the triumph of the Press over the Quill--
4. He dared to take a stand: the monk becomes a knight--
5. The fire of devotion: the plowman reads the Bible--
6. A political pastor struggles in exile: the pastor survives and his Psalms endure--
7. A royal court intrigue: the first "authorized" Bible--
8. Theology influences Bible versions: notes to aid the reader--
9. The clergy's version: a Bible longing for an audience--
10. The Catholic church responds: from sacred Latin to vulgar English--
11. A royal translation: splendors of the Stuart court--
12. The King's Bible revised: from King James to Queen Victoria--
13. The source for English translations: the battle for a standard Greek text--
14. The Bible in America: at war and peace--
15. The Bible as bestseller: "as wide as the waters be"--
16. The people triumph: the Bible for all seasons.
9780801013164 (cloth)
2008005492
Bible. English --History.
BS 455 / .B635 2008
220.5/2009