In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2006
Author	Editor: Michelle Brown
Language	English
Number of Pages	360 pp.
Publisher	Smithsonian Books
City	Washington, D.C.
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Region	Europe
Chronological Period	10th century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century Ancient Period (pre 500)
ISBN	9780934686037
Annotation	Contents: Foreword / Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Foreword / The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford -- Introduction / Michelle Brown -- Charles Lang Freer's biblical manuscripts / Ann Gunter -- The Bible: the journey of the text -- Europe and the Near East, circa 800 C.E. -- Bible and book / Harry Y. Gamble -- The Christian Orient / Monica J. Blanchard -- Spreading the Word / Michelle P. Brown -- The book as icon / Herbert L. Kessler -- Discovering the Bible -- Scroll and codex: The earliest Hebrew scriptures. The earliest Christian scriptures -- Formation and codification: The evolution of the Bible. The earliest Christian Bibles -- From Babel to Pentecost: "sacred" languages and the vernaculars -- Spreading the Word: The single-volume Bible. The book as desert, the scribe as evangelist. From eastern deserts to western isles. Early Christian Britain and Ireland -- The book as icon -- Reference catalogue -- Manuscripts and lenders in the exhibition -- Chronology -- Glossary and who's who -- Notes to the essays