How the Bible Came to Be — How Sacred Authority Was Built Over Time
What if the Bible became authoritative not through one decisive act, but through centuries of writing, copying, worship, interpretation, and institutional use?
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Using How the Bible Came to Be by John Barton as our lens, this Deep Dive investigates how a diverse collection of ancient writings gradually became the fixed sacred canon now experienced as “the Bible.”
Barton challenges the assumption that the Bible emerged as a complete and unchanging book. He traces the overlapping processes of oral transmission…
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