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NOTE: Starred works are by Quakers.
I. Formation and Translation
Barclay, William. The making of the Bible. New York, Abingdon, 1961. (Bible guides, v.1) 96p.
Bruce, F. F. The canon of scripture. Downer's Grove IL, Inter-Varsity, 1988. 349p. History of the formation of the Biblical canon.
Comfort, Philip W. Early manuscripts and modern translations of the New Testament. Wheaton IL, Tyndale, 1990. 235p. Shows how 20th-century discoveries of early New Testament manuscripts have influenced modern English translations.
Doney, Meryl. How the Bible came to us: the story of the book that changed the world. Oxford, Lion, 1985. unpaged. The Bible's formation, translations and dissemination presented for older children.
Friedman, Richard Elliot. Who wrote the Bible? New York, Summit Books, 1987. 299p. Nontechnical presentation of recent research on the authorship of the O.T. (particularly the Pentateuch and Historical Books).
Herklots, H.G.G. How our Bible came to us; its texts and versions. New York, Oxford, 1957.
How the Bible came to be. Greenfield MA, Channing L. Bete, 1975. 15p. "A scriptographic booklet."
Lewis, C.S. The literary impact of the Authorized Version. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1963. 38p.
Romer, John. Testament: the Bible and history. New York, Holt, 1989. 367p. An archaelogist describes the making of the bible and its journey up to modern times.
The story of the New English Bible. New York, Oxford, 1970. 16p.
Wegener, G.S. 6000 years of the Bible. New York, Harper & Row, 1963. 352p.
II. Inspiration and Authority
Barr, James. Beyond fundamentalism. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1984. 195p.
Barr, James. The scope and authority of the bible. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1980. 150p. Essays on major issues surrounding the contemporary use of the Bible.
*Boobyer, George. Are the scriptures very precious still? Rufus Jones Lecture, 1980. Philadelphia, FGC, 1981. 33p.
*Boobyer, George. The Bible and the light within. London, Friends Home Service Comm., 1963. 63p.
Christiansen, Michael J. C.S. Lewis on Scripture. Waco TX, Word, 1979. 120p. Study of Lewis's views on the nature of Biblical inspiration, the role of revelation and the question of inerrancy.
Dodd, C.H. The authority of the Bible. Rev. ed. New York, Harper, 1960. 288p. Classic work examines the Bible's authority in terms of individual inspiration, corporate experience, the incarnation, and history.
*Grubb, Edward. The Bible, its nature and inspiration. London, Swarthmore Pr., 1920.
Phillips, J. B. Ring of truth: a translator's testimony. New York, Macmillan, 1967. 125p. The author shares insights gained in the process of translating the N.T. which convinced him of its historicity and reliability.
Spong, John Shelby. Rescuing the Bible from fundamentalism; a bishop rethinks the meaning of Scripture. San Francisco, Harper, 1991. 267p. Explains for the beginner the historical reasons why the Bible contradicts itself.
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