The Bible

By: Bloom, Harold

Book Overview

One of the most widely read, misinterpreted, and controversial books ever published, the Bible set forth the belief systems on which much of Western civilization has been built. As both a religious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877547203
• ISBN13: 9780877547204
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An excellent and balanced discussion

Edited by Harold Bloom, and now in an updated edition, The Bible is part of Bloom's Modern Critical Views series. Essays by a wide range of scholarly authors present diverse perspectives on both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, from the first three chapters of Genesis to the role of myth and symbolic resistance in Revelation 13. All of the essays are by contemporary literary critics and experts, and presented in clear language for lay readers and scholars alike. An excellent and balanced discussion forming an ideal springboard for in-depth Biblical studies from religious or secular perspectives alike.