Part I - The Rise and Fall
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Summary
Our point of departure for this book is the question why we have a Bible. We will attend to the who, the what, the when, and the where. But our larger concern is why it all began – and why it began in places that were off the beaten path rather than at the centers of ancient civilization. Our answer to that question will involve two primary factors: 1) political division and 2) military defeat. Without the relationship between a pair of closely related kingdoms, and without their devastating destruction and downfall, we would not have a Bible. In the chapters of Part I that follow, we explore where these two kingdoms emerged, whether they were ever united, what they achieved, and how they perished.
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 17 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023