by Timothy Beal
Living Letters, 16
Lockman Foundation, 143
London (Walton’s) Polyglot Bible, 124–26, 127, 128
Los Angeles Times, 74
Lucado, Max, 51
Luke (Gospel)
about, 29, 87, 92, 96–98, 100, 105, 216
on Jesus reading, 86, 96–97, 98
social justice, 158–59
Lupas, Liana, 125–26, 143–44
Luther, Martin, 128, 219
M
MacArthur, John, 51
MacArthur Study Bible, 51
Mace, William, 135
Magnify, 42
Malachi, 102, 105, 216
Malley, Brian, 207
manga Bibles
about, 64–68, 66, 209–10
interpretation/misinterpretation, 66, 67–68
See also specific Bibles
Manga Bible, The: From Genesis to Revelation, 210
Manga Messiah, 65–66, 66, 67–68
mangas, 64, 209
Man in Demand, 45–47
Mark (Gospel), 29, 102, 104, 105, 216
“mark of the beast,” 107–8
Marsden, George M., 204
Martha and Mary (friends of Jesus), 100
Martial, 114
Mary and Martha (friends of Jesus), 100
Mary, mother of Jesus, 158–59
Mary, Queen of England, 129
Matthew, Gospel of, 19, 105, 216, 224
Matthias, Gospel of, 110
McCain, John, 29
McCutcheon, Russell T., 200–201
McDannell, Colleen, 139–40, 221
McGrath, Alisdair, 219
McLuhan, Marshall, 71, 73, 79, 84, 211
Men of Color Study Bible, 51
Metal Bible, 49
Metzger, Bruce M., 213, 216
midrash, 101
Miller, Vincent J., 207
mishpat, 158, 159
Mithras/Mithraism, 112–13, 217
Moody Bible Institute, 15–16
Morgan, Hayley, 42
Moses
burning bush and, 89, 178
golden calf and, 60, 83
intermarriage and, 156
on obedience to God, 163–64
See also Deuteronomy
Moule, F. H., 218
Moyers, Bill, 191, 225
Mr. Whistons Primitive New Testament (Whiston), 135
Murdoch, Rupert, 34–35
MySpace, 35
My Utmost for His Highest (Chambers), 24–27, 28
N
Nabal and Abigail, 60–61
nakah, 164–65
National Council of Churches of Christ, 142
National Endowment for the Arts reading survey, 205
National Public Radio, 30, 174–75
Natural History (Pliny the Elder), 88, 90
Nazareans, Gospel of the, 103
Necronomicon, The, 35
Nehemiah, 214
neo-evangelicalism
beginnings, 10–12
Bible-study groups and, 12
Christian consumerism and, 21
Christian entertainment industry and, 11, 70–71
description, 10–11
parachurch organizations and, 11–13
term, 204
See also evangelicalism; specific individuals; specific organizations
Nevin, John W, 6–7, 203
New American Standard Version, 88, 143
New Century Version (NCV), 206
New International Version (NIV), 143, 207
New King James Version (NKJV), 206
New Living Translation Bible, 58–59, 65, 204
Newman, Barclay, 62
News Corporation, 34
“Newspeak,” 139
New Testament in Greek and English, The (Mace), 135
New York Times, 16
NEXT, 64–65, 67–68, 210
Nike, 42
1984 (Orwell), 139
NIV Study Bible, 55
NIV Teen Study Bible, 56, 57
Norris, Michele, 174
notes/annotations in Bibles
English Puritan reformers and, 129
interpretation and, 55–58, 129–30
King James Version, 130–31
on monarchs, 129–30
on Roman Catholic Church/ pope, 130
See also specific Bibles; value-added Bibles
Novum Instrumentum/Testamentum (Erasmus), 122, 123, 125–26, 218
Numbers, 3
O
Ockenga, Harold, 204
O’Connor, June, 200–201
Ogden, C. K., 139
Onesimus, 156
Ong, Walter J., 79, 129
Origen, 215
Origin of Species, The (Darwin), 8
Orwell, George, 139
P
Palin, Sarah, 113
papyrus codices, 114
papyrus scrolls, 88, 90
parables
about, 193
of the sower, 193–95
parachurch organizations, 10–11, 11–13
“Paraphras’d: with Arguments to each Chapter, And Annotations thereupon” (Patrick), 134
parchment scrolls, 90, 213
Paris Polyglot Bible, 124
Parmenter, Dorina Miller, 203
Patrick, Symon, 134
Paul
American evangelicalism and, 70
authorship questions, 216–17
Christ’s crucifixion, 101, 186
codex of letters, 115
conversion story, 169–70
homosexuality and, 56
Jewish Scripture and, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 116
letters/canon, 109
letters to Timothy, 24, 106, 216–17
letter to Colossians, 96
letter to Corinthians, 68, 82
letter to Galatians, 101, 156, 186
My Utmost for His Highest and, 24
popularization vs. preservation, 70, 74
prayer, 26
social justice and, 156, 158
Persian translation, 125
personal computers invention/ effects, 78
Peshita, 125
Peter
Apocalypse of, 103, 109
Gospel of, 110
Peterson, Eugene, 210
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll, 4, 201
Pharaoh/killing of firstborn, 129–30, 161
Philemon, 156
Philo, 214
Phineas, 156
Phineas Priesthood, 156–57
phonetic Bible, 138–39
Pilgrims, 130
Plain White T’s, 53
Pliny the Elder, 88, 90
poetry reading, 95–96
Polycarp, 135
polyglot Bibles
about, 122, 123, 124–26, 127
comparison to Vulgate Bibles, 122, 123, 124, 126
example, 127
See also specific Bibles
polyvocality of Bible
about, 170, 171–73, 179, 187
creation stories, 149–55
explaining away, 170–71
failure question and, 171–73
Judas’s fate, 170, 171, 172–73
Paul’s conversion story, 169–70
poisonous/curative contradictions of, 155–60
resurrection stories (Gospels), 168–69
theodicy and, 160–63
popularization
ambiguities and, 83
Bible’s sacred capital and, 75–78
critics of, 71, 72–73, 74, 81, 83–84
cultural icon of Bible and, 81
examples, 70–72
fundamentalists and, 71, 72–73, 74 -75, 81, 83
medium/message and, 71–73
monetizing and, 73
vs. preservation dilemma (overview), 70–78, 81–84
See also Biblezines; specific organizations; value-added Bibles
pop-up Bible, 74
“Power” (Rich), 159
Presbyterian Church, 9–10
preservation vs. popularization dilemma, 70–78, 81–84
Priests for Equality, 68
Prisca and Aquila, 100, 113
Promised Land, 163
Prophets, 93, 99, 102, 106, 157–58
Protestantism
Apocryphal books and, 128
evangelistic movement (1800s), 6–8
“Scripture alone” ideal, 6–7, 8
Protestant Reformation, 6, 121
Prothero, Stephen, 30
Proverbs creation stories, 154
Psalm 1 translation examples, 61–63
Psalms, 16, 99, 125, 134, 134,138, 153–54
of disorientation, 161–63, 168
of orientation, 162, 168
Psalms of Joshua, 94
Pseudepigrapha, 216
Ptolemy II, 93
publishers of Bibles
free Bibles and, 49
target reader and, 50–52
See also Biblezines; specific publishers; value-added Bibles
Puritanic Biblicism, 6–7, 8, 21, 203
Puritans, 129, 130
Q
Quest Study Bible, 170–71
Qumran/cave
Dead Sea Scrolls, 91
4Q Testimonia, 94
Great Isaiah Scroll, 91–92, 91, 215
Psalms of Joshua, 94
R
Rabbinic Judaism, 187, 189
racist groups and Bible, 156–57
Radosh, Daniel, 204
Rahab, 14
Rayburn, Jim, 12
Reagan, Ronald, 17
Rebekah and Jacob/Esau, 13
recitatios, 95–96
Redefine, 42
Reformation, 6, 121
Refuel, 42–44, 43, 45, 46, 47
relegere, 184, 185, 224
religare, 184, 185, 224
religion
academic study of, 200–201
as “rebinding,” 184, 185, 204
as “rereading,” 184, 185, 204
theories of, 201
Religion and Its Monsters (Beal), 201, 222, 223
Religious Literacy (Prothero), 30
Renovate Spiritual Formation Bible, 210
rereading
Bible evolution and, 185–87, 188, 189–91, 196
Biblical stories conversations and, 191–96
digital revolution/Bible and, 79–80, 189–91
“religion” meaning, 184, 185
Revelation (Apocalypse of John), 103, 107–8, 109, 128, 130, 186–87
Revised Standard Version
about, 88, 142–43, 143
competing translations and, 142–43
liberal Christianity and, 142
Virgin Birth and, 142
Revised Version Bible, 140–41
Revolve, 42
Revolve Devos, 42
Revolve Tour, 207–8
Rice, Tim, 18, 20
Rich, Adrienne, 159
Rich, Jeremiah, 133, 134
Roadside Religion (Beal), 174–75
Roberts, Tyler, 201
Roman catacombs, 100
Roman Catholicism
English Bible notes and, 130
“Sixtine Vulgate,” 128–29
See also specific individuals
Roman Christianity
about, 110, 113, 116
Bible evolution and, 116–19
Romney, Mitt, 29
“Rosh Hashanah,” 150
S
sacred capital
early Christians, 96, 102
early scriptures, 96, 102
Eastern Orthodox churches, 76–77
Jewish Scripture, 76
Judaism, 76, 96
scroll reading, 96, 102
sacred capital of Bible
about, 75–78, 211
Bible publishers and, 75–76
comparisons, 76–77
definition/description, 75–76
popularization and, 75–78
rereading and, 185
as stewardship, 75–76
Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt, 89, 117
Salem witch trials, 155
Samaritan Pentateuch, 93, 125
Samaritans, 93
Samson, 52–54, 177
Santa Maria Maggiore, 111, 112, 128
Santa Prisca, 113
Santa Pudenziana, 111, 113
Satanic Bible, The, 35
Saul, King, 43, 53, 60
Scharp, Brian, 74
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 82
Scintilla; or A Light Broken into Darke Warehouses (Sparke), 132
Scofield, C. I., 142
Scofield Reference Bible, The (Scofield), 142
Scopes Monkey Trial, 10
“Scripture alone” ideal, 6–7, 8
scriptures (early)
Aramaic language, 93, 103
canon, 106–10, 190
communities of writers, 108
Coptic language, 103–4
diversity in, 22, 102–8, 215, 216
“fulfilled,” 86, 87, 96–97, 98, 101–2, 186, 188
interpretation, 86, 92, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100–101, 103, 147, 214, 224
Jesus reading/chanting, 86–87, 88, 91, 92, 94–95, 96, 97–98, 105–6, 186
libraries, 108
literacy rates and, 95, 99
sacred capital and, 96, 102
Syriac dialect, 103, 104, 124, 125, 126, 127
See also scrolls; specific scriptures
scroll reading
description, 94–95, 115
interpretation and, 95, 96, 147
Jesus/Isaiah scroll, 86–87, 88, 91, 92, 94–95, 96, 97–98, 105–6, 186
sacred capital and, 96, 102
scrolls
description, 90, 91–92, 91
early first-century, 88
Greco-Roman culture and, 114
ink solution, 91
language, 93
library of, 93
location of reading, 92
making, 76, 88, 90, 213
medium/message and, 90
papyrus scrolls, 88, 90
parchment scrolls, 90, 213
storing, 76, 92–94
Second Great Awakening, 9, 140
Sefer Torah, 76
Self-Interpreting Bible, The (Brown), 135
Septuagint. See Greek Septuagint (“Seventy”)
Serenity, 50
Sermon on the Mount, 186
Shakespeare, 130
she’elah, 167
Shepherd of Hermes, 109, 117, 135
shorthand Bibles, 133, 134
Siku, 210
Sisera and Jael, 14, 44, 53
“666,” 107–8
“Sixtine Vulgate,” 128–29
Sixtus V Pope, 128
slavery
Bible and, 155–56, 158
Israelites, 129–30, 156, 161, 181, 222
Smith, Julia E., 139
Smith, Reverend William Robertson, 203–4
social justice and Bible, 157–59, 222–23
Socrates, 182, 184
S&odie;derberg, Dag, 82, 212
Solomons Proverbs (Danvers), 134
Song of Songs, 125
soul, 177
Souldiers Pocket Bible, The, 133
Sparke, Michael, 132
Spina, Frank, 181
stewardship, 75–76
Stories from the Bible Put into Basic English (Ogden), 139
Strength and Honor Bible for Young Men of Color, The, 51
suffering. See theodicy
Super Tuesday primaries (2008), 29
synagogues (early)
description, 92–93, 214
meetings, 92, 214
Scripture/Torah reading, 92
Shabbat service, 92
significance of, 92
storing scrolls in, 76, 92–94
Torah scrolls and, 76
Syriac dialect, 103, 104, 124, 125, 126, 127
Old Syriac, 124, 125
&nbs
p; See also polyglot Bibles
T
Talbot, Matthew, 135–36
Talmud, 95
Targum Onkelos, 124
Targums, 93, 124, 125, 126, 127
Tatian, 103
Taylor, Kenneth
felt needs and, 63
Living Bible, The, 15–17, 34
translation/interpretation and, 63
See also Tyndale House
Taylor, Margaret, 16, 34