Medieval History
Enter any North American hotel room, pull open the drawer next to the bed, and you will encounter a remnant of late-medieval culture: a single-volume Bible. Mass-produced as a small book with tissue-thin pages, this form of Bible was actually a medieval invention, intended to make Scripture relatively uniform and more widely available. Before the 13th century, however, the Bible as a physical object was very different from its modern counterpart. Bibles could be assembled in any order, incorporate only some of the books thought necessary to a Bible today, and even include added "non-biblical" texts completely unfamiliar to the modern reader. In fact, the texts that were thought to comprise the Bible were flexible for centuries, as the composition of the biblical "canon" (from the Greek word for "rule") was debated in both Judaism and Christianity and some writings were eventually rejected as apocryphal.
Early in the history of Christianity, the most important units of Scripture were the individual books of the Bible, such as the books of Moses, the Prophets or the Gospels, which could be grouped together in various combinations and sometimes in differing orders depending on how they were read aloud in the liturgy. Most people did not own a Bible. It would have been difficult for ordinary Christians (who were probably illiterate and thus knew biblical texts only from hearing them read aloud) to discern which of the stories and explanations they heard were canonical parts of the Bible, and which were interpretations or additions.
Click here to read this article from the Huffington Post
- Rare Medieval Bible Bought By American University
A medieval Bible written in Oxford, England, around 1240, has been purchased by the University of South Carolina for $77 000. The small-sized bible will be added to other medieval holdings at the university?s Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library....
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- Digitized Gutenberg Bible
The Munich copy of the Gutenberg Bible has been digitized recently and is now accessible via our website and online incunable catalogue: here The Munich Gutenberg Bible is one of only two copies which contain the table of rubrics, a printed list of headlines...
Medieval History
How the Bible Became a Book
Early in the history of Christianity, the most important units of Scripture were the individual books of the Bible, such as the books of Moses, the Prophets or the Gospels, which could be grouped together in various combinations and sometimes in differing orders depending on how they were read aloud in the liturgy. Most people did not own a Bible. It would have been difficult for ordinary Christians (who were probably illiterate and thus knew biblical texts only from hearing them read aloud) to discern which of the stories and explanations they heard were canonical parts of the Bible, and which were interpretations or additions.
Click here to read this article from the Huffington Post
- Rare Medieval Bible Bought By American University
A medieval Bible written in Oxford, England, around 1240, has been purchased by the University of South Carolina for $77 000. The small-sized bible will be added to other medieval holdings at the university?s Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library....
- Bible Reception And Interpretation In Orthodox Liturgy
Bible Reception and Interpretation in Orthodox Liturgy The steering committee of the "Bible in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) has chosen "Bible Reception and Interpretation in Orthodox Liturgy" as...
- Bible In The Eastern And Oriental Orthodox Traditions
Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" Society of Biblical Literature The committee for the program unit "Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is happy to announce the Call...
- Cfp: "bible In The Eastern And Oriental Orthodox Traditions"
Call for Papers "Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" Society of Biblical Literature The committee for the program unit "Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is happy to...
- Digitized Gutenberg Bible
The Munich copy of the Gutenberg Bible has been digitized recently and is now accessible via our website and online incunable catalogue: here The Munich Gutenberg Bible is one of only two copies which contain the table of rubrics, a printed list of headlines...