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Podcast: New Books in Catholic Studies
Episode: Bruce Gordon, "The Bible: A Global History" (Basic Books, 2024)
Description: A âwonderfulâŚhighly comprehensiveâ (John Barton, author of A History of the Bible) global history of the worldâs best-known and most influential book For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesusâs departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture. In The Bible: A Global History (Basic Books, 2024), Bruce Gordon tells t...