The Origin of the Bible

by Philip W. Comfort

Publisher:

Tyndale

, 2004

Overview

Many books have been written about the Bible, but few explain its origins. This volume provides a fascinating overview of how the Bible was first inspired, canonized, read as sacred literature, copied in ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and eventually translated into the languages of the world. No other one-volume work can match this wealth of information about the historical development of the Bible, written by numerous noted theologians.

Key Features

• Focuses on the Bible’s divine inspiration, lasting authority, and infallibility
• Essay on the Old Testament and New Testament apocrypha
• Elucidates the literary background of the Bible
• Describes the ancient biblical manuscripts that have been discovered and used in forming editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts
• Provides information about the biblical languages and Bible translation itself

Contributors

• Harold O. J. Brown
• R. T. Beckwith
• F. F. Bruce
• Philip W. Comfort
• Raymond L. Elliot
• Milton C. Fisher
• R. K. Harrison
• Carl F. H. Henry
• Mark R. Norton
• J. I. Packer
• Leland Ryken
• Larry Walker
• Victor Walter

Product Details

• Title: The Origin of the Bible
• Author: Philip W. Comfort
• Publisher: Tyndale
• Print Publication Date: 2004
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Introductions
• ISBNs: 9780842383677, 0842383670
• Resource ID: LLS:ORIGINBIBLE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:04:55Z

About Philip W. Comfort

Philip Wesley Comfort (1950–2022) was a noted professor, author, and editor. He was a professor of Greek and New Testament at Trinity Episcopal Seminary, visiting professor at Wheaton College, and senior editor of Bible reference at Tyndale House Publishers.

Comfort completed his second doctorate under the noted textual critic Jacobus H. Petzer at the University of South Africa.

Comfort wrote several journal articles—he was also the author of Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism and coauthor of the Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words in the Holman Reference Collection. He had also edited numerous titles, including The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts and the Life Application Bible Commentary: 1 & 2 Corinthians.