The Cambridge History of the Bible, Vol. 3: The West From the Reformation to the Present Day by S. L. Greenslade (PDF)

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Volume 3 covers the effects of the Bible on the history of the West between the Reformation and the publication of the New English Bible.

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Editorial Reviews: Review ‘A masterly performance on a supremely important subject. The three volumes can hardly fail to become the standard history of the Bible.’ Christianity Today’Its authors are careful to avoid the winds of doctrine which would soon date it … It is a work which will serve the living for many years.’ Christian Century’A landmark … easily accessible to the general reader as well as the scholar.’ Religion in Life’The display of erudition takes one’s breath away. Once you have the volume in hand, though, you will have difficulty putting it down.’ America’A unique and brilliantly edited three-volume work …’ Wilbur M. Smith, The Moody Bible Institute’This splendid scholarly history of the Bible is the most complete and accurate work written … a ‘must’ for every Bible student, minister, and teacher.’ Southwestern Journal of Theology Book Description Volume 3 covers the effects of the Bible on the history of the West between the Reformation and the publication of the New English Bible.

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⭐I’m not going to get into great academic detail on this volume of the 3-volume Cambridge History of the Bible but suffice to say the set is arguably the best academic resource currently available on the topic. Extremely detailed but easily understood (kind of a rarity in academic textbooks). This is a must-have for Christian scholars as well as Christian laity alike.

⭐The two earlier volumes of this comprehensive and magnificent historical source, produced by a fine team of scholars, are

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⭐.Chapters include “The Bible in the Reformation” (by Roland H. Bainton, biographer of Martin Luther;

⭐), “English Versions of the Bible, 1525-1611,” “The Bible in the Roman Catholic Church from Trent to the Present Day,” “The Rise of Modern Biblical Scholarship and Recent Discussion of the Authority of the Bible,” “English Versions Since 1611,” etc.Here are some representative quotations from the volume:”But on other occasions Luther behaved as is he were minded to open a controversy on the canon not only of the Old Testament but also of the New. ‘I so hate Esther and II Maccabees that I wish they did not exist. There is too much Judaism in them and not a little heathenism.'” (Pg. 6-7)”John Toland … took the view that there could not possibly be anything mysterious in Christianity since mystery was contrary to reason. Absurdities in the biblical records must therefore be eliminated, and Toland proceeded in his next work to excise those parts of the New Testament which appeared to him to be incomprehensible.” (Pg. 241)”The net result of the Deist controversy, as it affected Holy Scripture, was to leave the traditional view of the authority of the Bible in a much weakened condition… to bandy about the sacred texts in public dispute, and to make the Scriptures the small change of pamphleteers, was at once to unseat the Bible from the pedestal on which it have been placed in the seventeenth century. The awe and reverence with which its exaltation into the seat of infallible authority had surrounded it were soon tarnished in the rough and tumble of debate.” (Pg. 243)”For eighty years after its publication in 1611, the King James version endured bitter attacks. It was denounced as theologically unsound and ecclesiastical biased, as truckling to the king and unduly deferring to his belief in witchcraft, as untrue to the Hebrew text and relying too much on the Septuagint. The personal integrity of the translators was impugned.” (Pg. 361)

⭐Believer or non-believer, if one aspires to a knowledge of any of the humanities, or even, the development of the sciences, in the West, but also to a significant degree in the East, what could be more de riguer than to know a bit about the massive history of the Bible? Without question, from the standpoint of our contemporary world, the Bible is, by far, the most influential cultural statement. Knowledge, not only of its contents, but of their transmission, is indispensible to knowledge of our selves. We could say that Biblical literacy is pre-requisite to cultural literacy – and cultural literacy is pre-requisite to self-knowledge in any verifiable sense.This landmark study, handsomely produced by Cambridge University Press, which may, on initial inspection, appear to be a daunting read, consisting of three encyclopediac and rather imposing tomes, turns out to be surprisingly accessible. In fact, once one starts reading (a journey here really does begin with the first step), it’s tough to put down! These books are filled with the most curious revelations and all sorts of arcane facts. Moreover, knowing this history may change the way one looks at the world. For instance, I was always under the impression that Luther was the first to translate the Gospels into the vernacular German, and that this innovation was one of the primary causes of the success of the Reformation. Right? Wrong. The Vulgate was translated as early as the 7th century by the Goths. A Goth named Ulfilas taught Christianity in as early as the 4th century and a Goth Bible was produced on purple parchment (I suppose these were the original purple pages) penned in gold and silver ink. I’m sure their contemporary descendents would much approve. Renaissance scholars believe this Bible, the Codex Argenteus, was extant at least as early as 795 A.D. Further, there were a number of Bibles floating around Germany and the Lowlands when Luther produced his. Nor did Luther do it alone. He had help from two other guys who knew more Latin than he did. But, his introduction, the widespread literature he had created leading up to its publication, and, ironically, the fact that he had Fredrick’s printing presses cranking out copy by the minute, were the great compensating factors in making his translation the earth shaking bestseller that it became. Kudos to Team Luther, eh?

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