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by Timothy Beal


  C

  Caminiti, Paul J., 69

  Campus Crusade for Christ, 11–12

  Campus Life Club, 12, 13

  Campus Life magazine/editors, 15, 18, 71–72

  Campus Life on Wheels, 13

  canon formation, 106–10, 216, 217

  capsa, 92

  Carpenter, Joel A., 10, 204

  Castells, Manuel, 225

  Celebrate Recovery Bible, 50

  celebrity authors of Bibles, 51, 144

  Chaim, Yosef, 196

  Chambers, Oswald, 24–25, 27, 28

  Christian consumerism, 20–21

  Christian entertainment industry

  beginnings, 11

  See also specific events; specific movements

  Christianity (early)

  Bible as unimaginable, 85, 106, 107, 116–17

  compared to digital network society, 190–91

  house churches, 100, 103, 111–12, 113–14

  network society, 108–10, 214–15

  no canon, 106–10

  sacred capital, 96, 102

  scriptural culture overview, 86–88, 90–110, 214–15

  scripture diversity, 22, 102–6

  separating from Judaism, 100

  See also Jesus movement (early); Roman Christianity; scriptures (early)

  Christian Soldier’s Penny Bible, The, 133

  Christian Woodstock, 11–12

  Christ Pantocrator, 89 Cicero, 184

  Cixous, Hélène, 201

  Clark, Kenneth W, 216

  Clement, 103, 112

  Codex Amiatinus, 119, 128

  codex/codices

  advantages, 115–16

  Codex Amiatinus, 119, 128

  Codex Sinaiticus, 117, 140, 218

  early Christianity and, 98, 114–16, 213

  oldest, 114

  storage capacities, 115, 116

  uses, 114, 115, 116, 213, 218

  Codex Sinaiticus, 117, 140, 218

  Cohen, Leonard, 178

  Colbert Report, The, 31

  Colbert, Stephen, 31

  Colosseum, 111

  Columbia Records, 176

  Complutensian Polyglot Bible, 122, 125, 218

  Comstock, Andrew, 138–39

  Constantine, Emperor, 110, 116, 117–18

  consumerism

  Christian consumerism, 20–21

  emotions and, 44–45

  family Bibles and, 139–40

  felt needs and, 44–45, 46

  identity and, 35

  Contemporary English Version, 62

  Coptic language, 103–4

  copyright laws/effects, 48, 78, 104, 130–31

  Council of Carthage, 217

  creationists, 44, 46, 155

  creation stories

  cosmological/anthropological versions, 152

  female companion to God, 154

  Genesis, 149–52, 181, 221–22

  human creation, 151–52

  Job, 152–53

  John, 154

  order of creation, 151–52

  polyvocality of Bible and, 149–55

  Proverbs, 154

  Psalms, 153–54

  Shabbat, 151

  Wisdom and, 154

  Word and, 154

  Yam and, 153

  “young earth believers,” 155

  Cromwell, Oliver, 133

  cultural icon

  Bible as, 4, 5–6, 21, 81, 83–84, 178, 179, 202–3, 207

  traditional icon vs., 5, 202–3

  Curie, Marie, 159

  D

  Damascus, Pope, 118

  Daniel, book of, 102

  Daniel in lion’s den, 100

  Danvers, Henry, 134

  Darlowe, T. H., 218

  Darwin, Charles, 8

  David, 13–14, 29, 53, 60

  Da Vinci Code, The (Brown), 31–32

  Dead Sea Scrolls

  about, 91

  scripture diversity and, 104–5

  See also specific scrolls

  de Hamel, Christopher, 218

  Delilah and Samson story, 52–54

  Derrida, Jacques, 148–49, 189, 221

  Deuteronomy, 3, 9, 99, 101, 132, 163, 222, 223

  Job vs., 163–68, 185, 223

  Devotional Bible: Experiencing the Heart of Jesus, 51

  Dewey, David, 209

  Diatessaron (Tatian), 103

  Didache, 109

  digital revolution

  Bible and, 79–80, 189–91, 196

  as collaborative, 190

  as hypertextual, 79, 189

  inventions of 1980s and, 78–79

  overview, 78–80, 211

  print culture and, 78, 79–80, 147, 189

  as processual, 189–90

  digitization effects, 78

  Dillard, Annie, 27

  DiMarco, Hayley, 42

  disciples of Jesus

  Jewish tradition/Scripture and, 92, 213

  See also specific disciples

  distress crop

  Bible and, 81, 144

  grapefruit tree example, 80

  Divine Liturgy, 76

  “divine wrath,” 60

  “documentary hypothesis” (Wellhausen), 8–9

  dos-à-dos (“back-to-back”) Bibles, 133

  Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 173

  Duct Tape Bible, 49

  E

  Eastern Orthodox churches, 76–77

  Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius of Caesarea), 109

  Egyptian language, 103

  Ehud, 14

  Elijah, 87

  Elisha, 87

  English Bibles

  about, 16, 125, 128, 144

  early examples, 133–36, 134

  importing, 131–32

  See also specific Bibles

  English Civil War, 130, 133

  Epp, Eldon J., 216

  Erasmus, 122, 123, 125–26, 218

  Esau and Jacob, 13

  Esther, book of, 128, 166, 210

  Ethiopic language, 125

  Eusebius of Caesarea, 109–10, 117–18, 214, 217

  evangelicalism

  nineteenth century, 6–8

  popularization vs. preservation dilemma, 70–78, 81–84

  See also neo-evangelicalism

  Eve and Adam, 66, 66

  Every Man’s Bible, 51–54

  evolutionary theory, 8, 10, 46, 155

  Exodus

  criticism of, 130–31

  daughters as possessions, 155

  Pharaoh/killing of firstborn, 129–30, 161

  slavery and, 155–56, 222

  suffering and, 160, 161

  Explo ’72, Campus Crusade for Christ, 11–12

  Explore, 42, 47

  F

  faith and ambiguity, 175–76

  family Bibles

  about, 139, 221

  beginnings, 139–40

  “material Christianity” and, 139–40

  Family Testament, and Scholar’s Assistant, The, 135

  felt needs

  for Bible as Word of God, 50, 57

  Bible sales, 44–45, 67

  Biblezines, 44–45, 46, 47–48

  biblical ambiguities and, 63

  consumerism and, 44–45, 46

  value-added Bibles, 50, 54, 57, 58

  Felt Needs Bible Merchandising System, Thomas Nelson, 44–45

  Ferrar, Nicholas, 131

  Fewell, Danna Nolan, 208–9, 222, 224

  Finney, Charles, 9

  Fishbane, Michael, 224

  formal-equivalence translation, 59, 61

  Foster, Richard, 210

  4Q Testimonia, 94

  Franklin, Benjamin, 130

  free Bibles, 48–49

  functional equivalence, 59–64

  functional-equivalence translation

  definition, 59

  examples, 59–62

  interpretation/ambiguity and, 58–61, 62–64

  use of, 59–64

  fundamentalists/movement

>   Bible study/groups, 9, 204

  biblical inerrancy, 9, 30, 141, 142, 143

  “bibliolatry” and, 83

  Briggs heresy trials and, 9–10

  conflict/criticism of, 9–10

  late nineteenth century, 8, 9

  popularization and, 71, 72–73, 74- 75, 81, 83

  reinventing itself, 10–11, 21

  Revised Standard Version and, 142, 143

  Revised Version Bible and, 141

  Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes (1925), 10

  See also neo-evangelicalism

  G

  Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 224

  Galatians, 101, 156, 158, 186, 222

  Gallup, George, Jr., 32–33

  Gallup poll, 5, 201–2

  Gamble, Harry Y, 212–13, 214, 217

  Genesis

  creation stories, 14–15, 149–52, 181, 221–22

  translation/effects, 149–52

  Genesis: A Living Conversation (public television series), 191–92, 225

  Geneva Bible, 129–30, 131

  Gideons International, 49

  Ginsberg, Allen, 37

  Golfer’s Bible, The, 50

  Goliath, 29

  Good News Translation, 82, 212

  Gospel

  of the Hebrews, 109

  Matthias, 110

  of the Nazareans, 103

  Peter, 110

  Thomas, 103–4, 110

  Gospel Book, Eastern Orthodox churches, 76–77

  Gospel harmonies, 131, 217

  Gospels

  canon and, 109

  Jewish Scriptures and, 102, 103

  resurrection stories, 168–69

  See also specific Gospels

  Grafton, Anthony, 215

  Graham, Billy, 11, 16, 72–73

  Grateful Dead, 53

  Great Isaiah Scroll, 91–92, 91, 215

  Greek language

  alphabet, 103

  Koine Greek, 98

  See also polyglot Bibles

  Greek Septuagint (“Seventy”), 93, 98, 105–6, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128, 216

  See also polyglot Bibles

  Gregory VII, Pope, 130

  Gunn, David M., 208–9, 222

  Gutenberg, 22, 79, 120–21, 129

  “Gutenberg Bible,” 121, 203

  H

  Hagerty, Barbara Bradley, 30

  Haines-Eitzen, Kim, 214–15

  handbag/Bible combination, 49

  Harper & Brothers, 139

  HarperCollins, 34, 35

  hassatan, 164

  Hastings, Wayne, 44, 208

  Head, Murray, 19, 20

  Hebrew (biblical) language, 93, 124, 126, 127

  Hebrews, Gospel of the, 109

  Hobbs, Gertrude, 24

  Holocaust, 165, 166

  holy ark, 76

  Holy Bible, Woman Thou Art Loosed! Edition, 51

  homosexuality

  Leviticus and, 55–57, 58, 59

  translation and, 58–59

  value-added Bibles, 55–57

  Hoskins, Richard Kelly, 156–57

  house churches/communities

  about, 100, 103, 112

  remains of, 111–12, 113

  scripture diversity, 103–6, 113–14

  Howl (Ginsberg), 37

  HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 79, 189

  Huckabee, Mike, 29–30, 31

  Hurtado, Larry W, 217–18

  Hux, Martin Luther, 142

  Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), 79, 189

  I

  icon defined, 202

  idol defined, 83

  Ignatius of Antioch, 103, 135

  “I Have a Dream” (King), 159

  Illuminated Bible, 139

  Illuminated World, 82, 212

  Immerse, 49

  Inclusive Bible, 68

  industrial revolution, 140

  inner-biblical exegesis, 224

  InterMedia Partners VII, 34

  Isaac and Abraham, 100, 192

  Isaiah (prophet), 37, 102, 105, 216, 222

  Great Isaiah Scroll, 91–92, 91, 215

  Isaiah scroll and Jesus, 86–87, 88, 91, 92, 94–95, 96, 97–98, 105–6, 186

  J

  Jacob and Esau, 13

  Jael and Sisera, 14, 44, 53

  Jakes, T. D., 51

  James, 103, 109, 128, 219

  James I, King of England, 130–31, 219

  Jeremiah (prophet), 222

  Jerome

  Bible as library, 147–48

  Bible evolution and, 118–20, 126, 128, 129, 147

  Jesus

  Brothers Karamazov, The, and, 173–74

  on cross, 163

  as interpreter, 186

  Isaiah scroll and, 86–87, 88, 91, 92, 94–95, 96, 97–98, 105–6, 186

  Jewish identity, 99

  Jewish tradition/Scripture and, 92, 99

  language of, 93

  New Testament/rereadings and, 185–86

  parables, 193

  “reading Bible” and, 87–88, 89

  resurrection stories (Gospels), 168–69

  social justice, 156, 158

  teaching beginnings, 86–87

  words of, 14, 29–30, 56, 57, 82–83, 163, 169

  Jesus Christ Superstar, 18–19, 20

  Jesus movement (early)

  Gentiles and, 100, 103

  Jewish tradition/Scripture and, 99–100, 102, 104

  Koine Greek, 98

  See also Christianity (early)

  Jewish Diaspora, 93, 98, 99, 102

  Jewish Scripture

  diversity, 22, 104–5

  earliest copies, 104–5

  rereading of, 185–87

  sacred capital of, 76

  testimonia, 93–94, 102, 105, 108, 190

  versions of, 22, 93

  See also scriptures (early); scrolls; specific scriptures

  Jiménez de Cisneros, Cardinal, 122

  Job, book of

  creation stories, 152–53

  Deuteronomy vs., 163–68, 185, 223

  Job’s story, 164–65, 167

  Johanan, Rabbi, 95

  John (Gospel), 100, 109, 114, 154, 168, 169

  John, Apocalypse of (Revelation), 103, 107–8, 109, 128, 186–87

  John of Patmos, 107

  Johnson, Blind Willie, 176–78

  John Thomas Scopes, Tennessee vs. (1925), 10

  Jonah in the whale, 100

  Josephus, 135, 214

  Judaism

  Rabbinic Judaism, 187, 189

  sacred capital and, 76, 96

  See also Jewish Scripture; scriptures (early); synagogues

  Judas

  fate of, 19–20, 170, 171, 172–73

  Jesus Christ Superstar, 19, 20

  Jude, 109

  justice of God. See theodicy

  Justin Martyr, 214

  K

  Kahle, P. E., 215

  Kant, Immanuel, 174

  Keefer, Kyle, 216

  King James Version

  as “Authorized Version,” 131, 136, 141

  as Bible of England, 131

  “Jesus and,” 88

  laws regarding, 131

  popularity/sales, 59, 206

  public domain and, 48

  translation and, 59, 60, 61–62

  universal translation idea and, 140, 141

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 159

  Koine (“common”) Greek, 98

  Kugel, James, 213, 214

  L

  Laocoön (Blake), 182

  Latin

  early print Bibles, 121

  third century, 98

  word meanings/derivations, 42, 75, 146, 147–48, 184

  See also polyglot Bibles

  Latin Vulgate, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127

  Led Zeppelin, 176

  Leningrad Codex, 215

  Lentz, John, 193–94, 195

  Leviathan, 153

  Leviticus, 3, 52, 55–56, 224

  Lieberman, Saul, 213, 218 />
  Life Applications Study Bible, 54–55, 57, 58

  “Lifeboat Bible,” 138, 138

  Life Recovery Bible, The, 50

  Linafelt, Tod, 63–64

  Lin Chi, 178

  Lindars, Barnabas, 214

  Lindsell, Harold, 180

  literacy, early Jewish/Christian, 95–96, 99, 212–13

  literary reading, 33, 205, 211

  Living Bible, The

  about, 15–17, 18, 204

  critics of, 72

  translation and, 15–16, 17–18, 58–59, 63

 

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