Published on the occasion of the exhibition held on 21 October 2006-7 January 2007, organised by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in partnership with the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Acknowledgements
Foreword from the Freer Gallery of art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Foreword from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Introduction by Michelle Brown
Charles Lang Freer as collector of biblical manuscripts by Ann Gunter
The journey of the text
Chronology
Map
Catalogue
Discovering the Bible
Scroll and codex
The earliest Hebrew scriptures
The earliest Christian scriptures
Formation and codification : the evolution of the Bible
From Babel to Pentecost : sacred languages and the vernaculars
Spreading the Word
The single-volume Bible
The book as desert, the scribe as evangelist
From eastern deserts to western isles
Early Christian Britain and Ireland
Book as icon
Reference catalogue
Manuscripts and lenders in the exhibition
Glossary and who's who.
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In the beginning : bibles before the year 1000. ISBN 9780934686037. Published by Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
