An American Bible by Paul Gutjahr
This text looks at the publishing history of the Bible in 19th-century America. It aims to making sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions in the century after the American Revolution.
"A fascinating look into a neglected area of US. cultural history." -- Library Journal
"Seldom does one encounter such a fascinating book as this one. Well researched and clearly and engagingly written, it breaks new ground concerning the production of Bibles and the interaction of the Bible with social and cultural currents of the time. . . . This excellent book has certainly demonstrated why the Bible moved away from being "the center of American print culture."" -- Libraries & Culture
"Gutjahr not only presents a fascinating and comprehensive picture of the Good Book's history, but brilliantly illumines the explosive world of 19th-century printing and marketing." -- New England Quarterly
"An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schematic sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions of the Bible in the century after the American Revolution. Gutjahr's book is especially powerful in demonstrating how nineteenth-century efforts to purge the Bible of textual and translational impurities in search of an 'authentic' text led ironically to the emergence of entirely new gospels like the Book of Mormon and the massive fictionalized literature dealing with the life of Christ." -- Jay Fliegelman * Stanford University *
“Attacking a topic of this magnitude deserves kudos, and Gutjahr’s work provides a solid outline for future scholars to work from, as well as some fascinating analyses.”—American Studies International
"This pathbreaking study of the production of Bibles in the early history of the United States is a splendid effort in every way." -- Mark A. Noll * Wheaton College *
"This meticulously crafted volume is one of those wonderful scholarly volumes that raises questions as well as addresses them. . . . The extensive notes together with the narrative provide a status quaestionis for the issue of the bible in American culture. As one of the first scholarly studies of this phenomenon, it will long be a standard beginning point for the discussion of the demise of the Bible in American culture; and, therefore a standard work for the continuation of the project of understanding of the intersection of religion and culture in the American experience." -- Stone-Campbell Journal
"A very readable treatment of an important chapter in American cultural and religious history.—Christian Science Monitor
"An American Bible is a major achievement. . . . It is also an engrossing and readable book . . . rich in detail and color." -- Christianity and Literature
"A fascinating journey through the history of the Bible in America, unprecedented in its scope, erudition, and imagination." -- Jon Butler * Yale University *
"Seldom does one encounter such a fascinating book as this one. Well researched and clearly and engagingly written, it breaks new ground concerning the production of Bibles and the interaction of the Bible with social and cultural currents of the time. . . . This excellent book has certainly demonstrated why the Bible moved away from being "the center of American print culture."" -- Libraries & Culture
"Gutjahr not only presents a fascinating and comprehensive picture of the Good Book's history, but brilliantly illumines the explosive world of 19th-century printing and marketing." -- New England Quarterly
"An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schematic sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions of the Bible in the century after the American Revolution. Gutjahr's book is especially powerful in demonstrating how nineteenth-century efforts to purge the Bible of textual and translational impurities in search of an 'authentic' text led ironically to the emergence of entirely new gospels like the Book of Mormon and the massive fictionalized literature dealing with the life of Christ." -- Jay Fliegelman * Stanford University *
“Attacking a topic of this magnitude deserves kudos, and Gutjahr’s work provides a solid outline for future scholars to work from, as well as some fascinating analyses.”—American Studies International
"This pathbreaking study of the production of Bibles in the early history of the United States is a splendid effort in every way." -- Mark A. Noll * Wheaton College *
"This meticulously crafted volume is one of those wonderful scholarly volumes that raises questions as well as addresses them. . . . The extensive notes together with the narrative provide a status quaestionis for the issue of the bible in American culture. As one of the first scholarly studies of this phenomenon, it will long be a standard beginning point for the discussion of the demise of the Bible in American culture; and, therefore a standard work for the continuation of the project of understanding of the intersection of religion and culture in the American experience." -- Stone-Campbell Journal
"A very readable treatment of an important chapter in American cultural and religious history.—Christian Science Monitor
"An American Bible is a major achievement. . . . It is also an engrossing and readable book . . . rich in detail and color." -- Christianity and Literature
"A fascinating journey through the history of the Bible in America, unprecedented in its scope, erudition, and imagination." -- Jon Butler * Yale University *
Paul C. Gutjahr is Ruth Halls Professor of English at Indiana University. Among his numerous books and articles, he is the author of An American Bible: The History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1881 (1999), Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy (2011), and The Book of Mormon: A
Biography (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780804734257 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804734259 |
| Title | An American Bible |
| Author | Paul Gutjahr |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press |
| Year published | 1999-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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