Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins

by Jacob L. Wright

Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable. For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but total humiliation the foundation of a new idea of belonging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110849093X
• ISBN13: 9781108490931
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"