Living Traditions of the Bible: Scripture in Jewish Christian and Muslim Practice

About this book

More than half the people in the world today share traditions taken from the book that Christians call the Bible. What the Bible means and how it has been used in Catholicism Protestantism Orthodoxy Judaism and Islam--historically and in the present--is the subject of this book. Contributors include: James E. Bowley Demetrios Constantelos Joseph Fitzmyer S.J. Kathryn Johnson Adam Kamesar James S. McClanahan Bruce M. Metzger Michael A. Meyer John C. Reeves and David C. Steinmetz.