How Long to Read The Rise and Fall of the Bible

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rise and Fall of the Bible?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Rise and Fall of the Bible by Timothy Beal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A professor of religion offers an “engrossing and excellent” look at how the Good Book has changed—and changed the world—through the ages (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In a lively journey from early Christianity to the present, this book explores how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Book’s sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Timothy Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and the Book of books. Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible—there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all. Congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. As the author reveals, there is no “original” Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different editions on the market today. The farther we go back in the holy text’s history, the more versions we find. In calling for a fresh understanding of the ways scriptures were used in the past, the author of Biblical Literacy offers the chance to rediscover a Bible, and a faith, that is truer to its own history—not a book of answers, but a library of questions.

How long is The Rise and Fall of the Bible?

The Rise and Fall of the Bible by Timothy Beal is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rise and Fall of the Bible Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read The Rise and Fall of the Bible aloud.

What Reading Level is The Rise and Fall of the Bible?

The Rise and Fall of the Bible is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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