The choice that children's Bible authors made was consequential.
After the Holocaust, nearly all children's Bible authors changed their depictions of Jesus' trial and execution.
Knowledge of the Holocaust jolted children's Bible authors and editors into a conscious awareness of the dangers of this damning narrative, and the longstanding tradition of using anti-Judaism in children's Bible tellings of the Easter story came to an end.
Becking himself had extended the theories of Eduard Sievers, who found he could mark the shift in the Bible's authors by following the rhythm of the writing with the movement of a finger.
The Ector County Independent School District's adoption of a Bible course authored by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools ("Texas District Adopts Disputed Text on Bible Study," news article, Dec. 22) is a loss for religious freedom and a cloud over a supportive school environment for students of all faiths or of no faith.
These dialogues should take place between ourselves and the Bible's authors, as well as between ourselves and other readers.
His latest book, 'Forged: Writing in the Name of God -- Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are', is now available from HarperOne.
"A Pattern Language" has become a geek bible, transforming its author into a Silicon Valley cult figure.
"Theory of Literature," by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren was its bible, and the author carried it everywhere.
The FAQ has been called the C.B.A. Bible, and its author was once dubbed Professor Coon by ESPN.com's Marc Stein — a Coon devotee.
Virgilian technique was imitated by many poets, among them the 4th-century Spaniard Juvencus, who versified a portion of the Bible, and the author of the epic poem Waltharius (probably 9th century), written in hexameters.
