Die Entstehung der Bibel

The Bible gathers together very different writings from over a thousand years and yet seems like one book. How did this miraculous work come about? Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter explain how ancient stories, songs, wisdom sayings and laws, letters to early Christian communities and stories about Jesus were transformed in a long process into sacred writings by Jews and Christians that are read all over the world today. With her wonderfully understandably written book, for the first time in decades, an overview of the origin of the Bible is available again, based on the latest research. The research of the last decades has revised many common assumptions about the history of Israel and the origin of the Bible. Events such as the Exodus from Egypt or the building of the temple under King Solomon are no longer considered historical. This intensifies the question of how the great stories of the Old Testament came into being and when they became part of "sacred writings." Common assumptions about the collection of the Gospels or early letters to the Apostles are also under new scrutiny. Based on the current state of research, this book describes the long path from early narratives of ancient Israel through key texts of Jewish monotheism and early Christianity to holy books of the world religions Judaism and Christianity. Anyone who wants to know how such a miracle in the history of tradition could come about should read this biography of the most famous book in the world.