| TESTAMENT THE BIBLE AND HISTORY Hardback book with Dust Jacket by John Romer Over 365 pages First American Edition Copyright © 1988 by John Romer " The Bible has had more influence upon Western civilization than any other book.
So splendid are its phrases that many have taken them to be the unmediated word of God.
Since its texts were gathered together the book has been venerated and enshrined, execrated and burned.
But whether we are believers or not the Bible still remains our heritage, the lynchpin of modern civilization.
It has provided the West with a sense of the sacred and our sense of historical destiny. Testament describes the making of the Bible, the creation of both the Old and New Testaments and charts the book's survival through the long centuries of its life.
Testament is a unique book: no other single volume tells the story of the Bible's extraordinary journey from the most ancient East to the heart of the modern West. John Romer uses his considerable experience of the worlds of art history and archaeology to advantage as he unravels the story of the making and the use and misuse of the world's most beautiful and influential book.
With a sure touch he sets the historical scene and brings to vivid life the Bible's creators. From the silty plains of Mesopotamia on whose floods many Noahs set sail, to the quiet Valley of the Nile where sombre temples were filled with a sense of the holy, Romer traces the seeds of Judaism and Christianity.
He describes in lively detail how the Bible was written and by whose hands.
The scope of Testament is enormous and fascinating, stretching as it does from the ancient Israelites to the archaeologists who came in search of them.
Its characters include the Rabbis who fought and died for their sacred books; Jesus of Nazareth, whose preachings inspired St. Paul and whose life and death became the corner-stone of the Church; Constantine, who formalized the faith and made the Holy Land; Irenaeus, who classified the holy scriptures; fiery Jerome, who translated them, and later, Martin Luther and King James.
There are just a few of the people who held the thread of the Bible's story in their hands.
Testament tells all their stories and ours. " Contents includes: " List of colour plates List of illustrations and maps Foreword Chapter One
GENESIS Introduction: Visiting Abraham Bible Beginning Abraham in his Time Archaeology as Myth Sarah and the Mandrakes Genesis The Tower of Babel and the Sphinx Foreigners in Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt in the Bible The Exodus Chapter Two
CHRONICLES AND KINGS Introduction: Digging for God Israelites and the Archaeologists The First Israelites The Land of Canaan Sackers of Cities David, Goliath and Samson Israel's Beginnings A Mighty Fortress is our God The Kingdoms Remembering Zion Chapter Three
THE MAKING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Exile Return Many Jehovahs Glittering Cities Herod and Hellenism Judah under Rome The Veil Rent Dead Sea Scrolls Making the Book Scribes and Printers Chapter Four
JESUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT Introduction: The Marketplace Gospel Truth ? Jesus and Archaeology Paul's Church: The New Testament Audience The Gospels: The Art of Sacred Biography Gospel Beginnings: The Archaeological Evidence Gospel Beginnings: Antioch and the Evangelists 'Crooked harps and customs' Making the Choice: Irenaeus of Lyon Chapter Five
DEO GRATIA: BY THE GRACE OF GOD Introduction: Pagan to Christian The Council at Nicea: Striking a Balance Constantinople: A Christian Rome Making the Holy Land The Imperial Bible Pagans and Heretics Jerome and the Roman Bible Translations and Transitions Chapter Six
DARKNESS AND ILLUMINATIONS Introduction: Into the Dark Northumbria and Ireland Constantinople: The Divine Wisdom In the Image of the Bible: The Emperor of Byzantium Charlemagne and Alcuin In the Image of the Bible: The Kingdoms of the West Tuesday 29 May 1453 Chapter Seven
PARADISE LOST Introduction: 'Style is the Man' Martin Luther 'even that I burned': The English Bible A New Heaven and a New Earth Explorations and Autopsies Exodus II A Book of Revelations Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Illustration Acknowledgments Index of Bible References General Index " This book is in very nice condition with some normal edgewear to the dust jacket.
Also, the dust jacket is taped on the inside flaps to the inside covers of the book.
There are a few light smudges on the side edges of the pages, mostly visible from the side view and also on the first blank page.
No torn or ripped pages. | 
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