# A History of the Bible

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- Book: [A History of the Bible](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-barton/a-history-of-the-bible) ([A History of the Bible.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-barton/a-history-of-the-bible.md))
- Authors: [John Barton](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-barton)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-120-7
- Pages: 640
- Published: 2020-08-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priest In our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged...