Books by Alec Gilmore

This reference aims to increase awareness of the origing of the Bible, and to introduce the variety of versions and manuscripts that lie behind familiar English translations. It has entries on texts, versions, manusripts, persons, places and terminology, and the Hebrew and English versions.

Offers information for those who want to understand how the Bible came together, the history of the various texts behind it, the versions in which it has appeared, the process of editing and compilation, and the different methods of interpretation that have developed over the centuries.