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The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Books, Arts, History

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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For more than two thousand years, the Bible has been an essential part of the world's conception of humanity and its relationship to God. But although it is in some sense timeless and eternal - literally the word of God - the Bible has always meant different things to different people, as individual communities have regarded this sacred book through their own language and culture. In this episode, Jacke talks to Biblical scholar Bruce Gordon about his new book The Bible: A Global History, which tells the story of how the Bible has shaped - and been shaped by - changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. PLUS University of London's Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies Michelle P. Brown (Bede and the Theory of Everything) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. Enjoy this episode? You might like to try some of these others from our archive: 581 The Venerable Bede (with Michelle P Brown) 41 The New Testament (with Kyle Keefer) C.S. Lewis Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Music Credits: “⁠Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba⁠” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the ⁠Free Music Archive⁠ / ⁠CC by SA⁠). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
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0:38.0	Hey music lover, it's time for Zomtom Vola, jamming to some yacht rock,
0:45.0	Open for fun.
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1:09.4	Hello, we begin today with a thought experiment, no doubt you have some familiarity with the book
1:15.3	we're discussing today. Quite simply it is the Bible. No introduction needed I think, but maybe
1:21.2	it's worth mentioning a few highlights about the Bible to help
1:25.1	set up our thought experiment. It's a book with a more than 2,000 year history.
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