{"product_id":"the-bible-a-global-history","title":"The Bible: A Global History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon, Bruce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 10-02-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e ''Wonderful'' JOHN BARTON\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n''A stupendous intellectual achievement'' ANDREW PETTEGREE\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n''A stunning love song to the Bible . . . this will be a classic'' CHINE MCDONALD\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe remarkable story of the most influential book in human history.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Bible is the world''s best-known text. Yet, it is a book that never was - its original form does not exist and probably never did. What we have is the inheritance of generation after generation of Christians who have sought to hear God speak. Available in over three thousand languages and taking innumerable forms, each version is a revelation, evolving as a reflection of its own culture and moment.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBruce Gordon traces the Bible''s astounding journey from its emergence as a codex in the second century, to the Reformation, to the spectacular growth of Christianity in the Global South today. For centuries a source of inspiration, it has also been a tool for violence and oppression, weaponised in the name of colonialism, and it has expressed hopes for freedom in the struggle for liberation. Found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages, it has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, a product of more than two thousand years of wandering, restlessness and change.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBreathtakingly global in scope, The Bible is a sweeping history of this sacred book told through the stories of its diverse human encounters in search of the divine - revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529383461\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.6 x 5.0 x 1.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230385406256,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9781529383461","price":675.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81Zl9vD60vL.jpg?v=1774760251","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-bible-a-global-history","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}