Book That Conquered Time

Name: Book That Conquered Time
SKU: 9798887690438
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$18.99

Everyone is familiar with the Biblea”after all, ita(TM)s still the best-selling book in the world. But just exactly how did we get the collection of sixty-six books that make up Goda(TM)s Word?

The Book that Conquered Time: How the Bible Came to Be tells the sometimes dramatic, always fascinating, and ultimately faith-building story of the Bible. It traces its history from ancient parchments to the modern work of translating the Word into everyday language.

You will discover:

*The differences and similarities between the Jewish holy books and the Christian Bible

*How the New Testament writings were copied and collected, including the apocryphal gospels and letters

*The church leaders who succeeded the apostles, what they wrote, and what they thought of the writings they inherited

*The church councils, controversies, and disputes that boiled over in the 300s

*Why certain writings were removed from the Bible, even though they might be helpful if not essential for our faith

*The purposes of modern Bible translations and the differences between them

*The Book that Conquered Time provides fresh insights on why the Bible continues to be the most powerful book of all time.