Bible. Book of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
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Bible. Book of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
39.99 €
The Bible is not only the foundation of Christianity, but also the most important part of the entire world culture. Its Old Testament was written in Hebrew. These texts, created from the 15th to the 1st century BC, were carefully preserved during rewriting and by the 10th century AD, thanks to the efforts of Jewish scholars - the Masoretes - who worked with ancient manuscripts of the Holy Scripture, they finally acquired a well-established form. The Old Testament, translated into ancient Greek in Alexandria in the 3rd-1st centuries BC, became known as the Septuagint, that is, "the translation of the seventy elders." The New Testament of the Bible was also written in ancient Greek. At the end of the 4th century AD, the Vulgate appeared - a translation of the Bible into Latin, and it was this "Latin Bible" that was first printed in 1450 by Johann Gutenberg. This edition features images of 230 original drawings by Gustave Doré. The talented French artist worked on them for two years while preparing to publish the Bible, translated into German by the writer and rabbi Ludwig Philippson. The Bible with Doré's illustrations was first published in 1866, and it featured engravings made from the master's drawings. This edition became so popular that in 1867, Gustave Doré's original drawings were published in a separate three-volume set. It is these drawings, and not the engravings made from them, that are reproduced in this edition.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Library of World Literature