In this series of talks James Shelley discusses the origin and history of the Bible: an issue that is quite often taken for granted and neglected by modern Christianity. This lecture series peels through the layers of theologies and presuppositions to explore the heart of Western religion: where did the Bible come from in the first place?

• Part I: Introduction & Early Authors [05-03-2009]
• Part II: Putting the Stories Together [05-10-2009]
• Part III: From Words to Text [05-17-2009]
• Part IV: 400 Years of Silence? [05-24-2009]
• Part V: The Memoirs of the Apostles [05-31-2009]
• Part VI: Creating the Canon [06-07-2009]
• Part VII:

Episodes currently being added weekly.

This series was recorded at Presence.

Return to James' website.

If you are interested in exploring this story further, here are some resources (from a range of different points of view) to help get you started...

• Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman
• History of God by Karen Armstrong
• Introduction to the Old Testament by Walter Brueggmann
• How the Bible Became a Book by William M. Schniedewind
• The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong
• The Canon of the New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger
• Who Wrote the New Testament? by Burton L. Mack
• Saint Saul by Donald Harman Akenson
• The Making of the New Testament by Arthur G. Patzia
• Lost Christianities by Bart D. Ehrman
• A High View of Scripture? by Craig D. Allert
• The Last Word by N.T. Wright
• The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight
• The Scripture Principle by Clark H. Pinnock
• God's Word in Human Words by Kenton L. Sparks

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