How the Bible Came to Us: The Story of the Book That Changed the World (Lion Factfinders)
by Meryl Doney Author
(From Amazon): Do you know . . .... that the Bible is a world best-seller? ... that it is not one book but a whole library? ... how writing began? ... the name of the first English Bible? ... when the printing press was invented? ... how Bible translators work? ... what's so special about the Bible?Open the pages of How the Bible Came to Us and discover the answers. Read the stories of the people who made it possible for us to have the Bible in our own language. Learn how to crack a code. Make your own secret scroll. Find out for yourself the exciting adventure story of the book that changed the world - and still changes people's lives today.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780745920986
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 20
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Lion Children's Books
- Copyright
- 1997
Sections
- 1 The Most Amazing Book in the World
- 2 What is the Bible?**
- 3 The People God Trusted**
- 4 The Old Testament story
- 5 The New Testament story**
- 6 How Writing Began**
- 7 From Clay to books
- 8 God's Secretaries
- 9 Putting the Bible Together
- 10 Spreading the word: a Bird's Eye View
- 11 Monks and Manuscripts
- 12 Revolutionary Times
- 13 An Explosion of Translation
- 14 The english Bible: Wycliffe to King James
- 15 To The Ends of the Earth
- 16 Translators' Tales
- 17 Into Every Language
- 18 From the Pen to the Page
- 19 What's so Special About the Bible?
- 20 Reading your own Bible
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