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This biography of the Bible traces its story to reveal it as a complex and contradictory document created by scores of people over hundred of years. It explores the different ways in which the sixty-six books that make the Bible are understood, and identifies the social needs that they answer. Will permanently alter your understanding of the Bible. An extraordinary book.... This is not an obituary for the Bible, but a biography of a book that still lives, ...
Myths are universal and timeless stories that reflect and shape our lives—they explore our desires, our fears, our longings, and provide narratives that remind us what it means to be human. The Myths series brings together some of the world’s finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include: Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Karen Armstrong, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Milton Hatoum, Victor ...