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The decline of the Bible's prominent role in U.S. thought and culture is sometimes attributed to the influence of German biblical criticism on American scholars in the late 19th century. While Gutjahr (English and American studies, Indiana Univ.) doesn't deny the impact of such criticism, he finds "the roots of the Bible's deteriorating presence" earlierAin the Bible's place in the United States's young publishing industry. The proliferation of Bible editions, packagings, and translations served to undermine the Bible's uniqueness, and the availability of Protestant and Catholic versions led to conflict over the use of the Bible in public schools. Furthermore, as the publishing industry grew, the Bible faced increasing competition for readers. Gutjahr provides a fascinating look into a neglected area of U.S. cultural history. Unlike some books that begin life as doctoral dissertations, this one is quite readable and engaging and should be in academic and public libraries.ACraig W. Beard, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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“A fascinating journey through the history of the Bible in America, unprecedented in its scope, erudition, and imagination.”—Jon Butler, Yale University
“This pathbreaking study of the production of Bibles in the early history of the United States is a splendid effort in every way.”—Mark A. Noll, Wheaton College
“An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schematic sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions of the Bible in the century after the American Revolution. Gutjahr’s book is especially powerful in demonstrating how nineteenth-century efforts to purge the Bible of textual and translational impurities in search of an ‘authentic’ text led ironically to the emergence of entirely new gospels like the Book of Mormon and the massive fictionalized literature dealing with the life of Christ.”—Jay Fliegelman, Stanford University
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- American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon by Stephen Prothero in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity by Mark A. Noll on page 267, and Back Matter
- In Discordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles Over Translating the Bible (Religion in America) by Peter J. Thuesen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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