The voice, the Word, the books :the sacred scripture of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims /F.E. Peters.
Description
Introduction: the voice from Sinai -- Sacred words, sacred book -- Book shaping: the making of a canon -- Reciters, rhapsodes, and scribes: how the Bible reached us -- The reporters: the good news and how we got it -- The poet in performance: the composition of the Quran -- The book in mortal hands -- In other words -- Picturing the Word -- Giving voice to the Word -- Epilogue: three books side by side.
x, 292 p., 16 p. of plates :col. ill. ;25 cm.