The Bible in Its Making


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(4.3 stars; 16 reviews)

One great universal law runs through the realm of nature. Our Saviour gave it in a sentence: 'First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.' It is with the desire to show that the same law rules in another of God's creations—The Bible—that this little volume has been prepared. The Bible has as literally 'grown' as has an oak tree; and probably there is no more likeness between the Bible as we know it to-day and its earliest beginning, than we find between the mighty tree, and the acorn from which it sprang. The subject is so vast that we have not attempted anything beyond the briefest outline. Our purpose has been merely to give some idea of the origin of the Bible books, up to the measure of our present light upon the subject, and also to show the purpose for which they were written. But if our readers, by seeing something of the wonder and glory of the Holy Scriptures, are able to catch a glimpse of the Creator's mind behind the whole, our work will not have been in vain. (Foreword, by Mildred Duff) (2 hr 56 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 - A Living Book 16:36 Read by David Barnes
Chapter 2 - The Secret of its Greatness 16:39 Read by Phil Chenevert
Chapter 3 - Moses and his Writings 15:14 Read by Little Tee
Chapter 4 - The History Books 13:38 Read by Jeanie
Chapter 5 - The Scattering of the People 12:27 Read by Jamie Allen
Chapter 6 - The Attack on the Scriptures 15:47 Read by Max Lindberg
Chapter 7 - Two Famous Versions of the Scriptures 12:48 Read by Anqi Wang
Chapter 8 - The Bible in the Days of Jesus Christ 13:59 Read by THOVO
Chapter 9 - The Destruction of Jerusalem 15:26 Read by Charles Bice
Chapter 10 - The Beginning of the New Testament 17:05 Read by Charles Bice
Chapter 11 - How the Gospels Came to be Written 7:48 Read by Michael Lipschultz
Chapter 12 - Some Other Writers of the New Testament 12:29 Read by Michael Lipschultz
Chapter 13 - The First Bible Pictures 7:00 Read by Michael Lipschultz

Reviews

Good overview


(4 stars)

One of the readers was diabolical but otherwise an informative and interesting historical guide to the most widely known book in the world.


(3 stars)

easy to understand explanation where the bible came from and validations as having originated from God