Review: Nice intro to a study of the Bible's origins.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO BE, edited by Hayes and Duvall.This is a collection of short papers, or articles by various individuals within the realm of higher theological training. Beginning with the topic of inspiration, the collection progresses logically through the shaping and and collecting of the Old Testament and New Testament canons respectively, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint, Bible translations, the English Bible, and translations for the world.Being written by different authors, each topic has a life all its own, just like the canon itself. Some topics were easier to read than other, but all were highly informative. Across topics, there is a good deal of redundancy concerning the hashing out and defining basic canon terminology and philosophy; I found myself skimming sections of nearly every entry.Several entries would certainly be rated as excellent as stand-alone pieces; some would be as low as so-so simply because of writing style. But taken as a whole I am comfortable rating this eBook 3 stars out of 5 based on the following scale.+ poor read++ so-so read+++ good read++++ excellent read+++++ life changing read